People with disabilities can face an additional cost of about 15,000 pounds per year by the end of the decade, according to the charity analysis published before one vote Controversial welfare reform.
Analysis from Disability Equality Charity Scope estimated that average monthly cost – not to take into account welfare reforms – to cover the additional needs of people with disabilities, by April 2029, will increase by about 15,000 pounds per year to £ 1,244.
The current extra cost for people with disabilities is estimated to be £ 1,095 a month.
People with disabilities often have High home costs, such as high energy bills, and additional costs for expert mobility devices. Scope has warned that, despite a government U-turn on welfare cuts, people with disabilities will still be subjected to a “two-level system”, where the “large numbers” of people are still out of pocket.
Government’s welfare bill, Which would be voted on Tuesday, included a major package of social security payment cuts. Changes in personal freedom payment (PIP) include a high strip for eligibility, in which claimants are eligible to score four points in a category.
Many Labor MPs had abolished these changes, but the government has offered an agreement that they would only implement new rules for new contenders, and review the criteria.
The health element of universal credit was also due to frozen in cash; However, the ministers have now agreed to lift it in accordance with inflation. The ministers were forced to climb the 11th hour on Friday as they were facing a prominent backbenth rebellion by more than 100 MPs.
The Prime Minister Sir Kir Stmper has said that he did not turn his attention to the welfare bill rebellion till Wednesday night last week, as he was focused too much on what was happening with all weekends of NATO and Middle East “.
They told The Sunday Times: “I completely changed my attention when I returned from NATO on Wednesday night. Obviously, during the early part of this week we were busy trying to ensure that NATO was a success.
“From the moment I returned from G7, I went straight to a cobra meeting. My whole focus was really bored on it on Thursday. At that time, we were able to move forward quickly.”
While Sir Keir has said that his welfare reforms have now attacked the “correct balance”, Scope argued that the changes would still be as a result of “frightening cuts”, some disabled people preserved and supported, but no others.
The latest charity report is based on the analysis of the Family Resource Survey (FRS) to show the potential additional costs faced by people with disabilities in the coming years and calculates using the office for forecasts of budget responsibility (OBR) inflation.
This does not take into account the impact of welfare reforms, with charity warnings that the figures highlight that people who do not get PIPs may “end in uncertain financial conditions and still face high additional costs”.
It is estimated that the additional cost for people with disabilities is currently £ 1,095 per month, above the level of £ 1,010 of the previous year.
Scope said that benefits do not cover the perfection of these costs, with a current monthly shortage of about 630 pounds, there is a possibility of increasing £ 704 by the end of the decade.
James Taylor, executive director of strategy in scope, said: “When you disable, there is a high amount of life in life. Whether it is electrical equipment due to electrical equipment, or high heating bills due to cold health conditions.
“Our latest analysis suggests that the price tag of disability is now £ 1,095 per month. A figure is determined only to grow in the coming years until action is taken.
“The government will now have to change courses on these horrific cuts, and properly co-produce with disabilities about how to improve our welfare system.”
A government spokesperson said: “We are distributing one of the largest packages of welfare reforms in a generation – including scripting work capacity assessment, rebirth of universal credit and investing in sewn employment assistance.
“Protecting people is a principle on which we will never compromise, which is why we are distributing long -lasting and meaningful changes that put the welfare system on a durable leg, so the safety trap will always be for those who need it.”