
Originally Posted by
time2movon
Hi, I hope you can help.
I’m trying to find out what effect the new Universal Credits might have on my benefits.
I’m single and live alone. I was receiving Income Support and Incapacity Benefit but I’ve just been switched over to the new Employment & Support Allowance and have been put in the ‘Support Group’. I receive DLA care and mobility at the highest rate. I am very severely disabled due to Muscular Dystrophy and receive 17+ hours of care support a day, which I manage through the Direct Payments Scheme. I’m very concerned about the news being reported at the moment that “…severely disabled people who do not have another adult to help them could receive between £28 and £58 a week less”. Will this include myself?