nevip
welfare rights adviser, sefton metropolitan borough council, liverpool.
Member since 22nd Jan 2004
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RE: Disablity Income Guarantee ?
Mon 06-Apr-09 04:23 PM |
The Disability Income Guarantee was merely a fancy name for the income levels for those entitled to the enhanced disability premium in IS, the severley disabled child element in CTC and the severe disability element of WTC, in that those additions were payable to the most severely disabled in benefit terms (those who receive higher rate AA and DLA).
It is a highly loaded phrase which has more propaganda value than any real meaning. The phrase Minimum Income Guarantee is more honest as that is a phrase which has application to everyone, including the less severely disabled (in benefit terms), the non-disabled (again in benefit terms) and carers.
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