People receiving Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and other disability benefits, could be set to receive an extra Cost of Living Payment. Petitions calling for a new £650 payment and an energy grant for people on disability benefits will be debated by MPs in May.
Lancs Live reports that the news comes after the government received some thousands of signatures and, if successful, this extra support would provide such claimants with even more help during the current Cost of Living crisis. One member of the Petitions Committee, Marsha De Cordova MP, has been asked to open the debate on May 22 with MPs from all parties eligible to take part and the UK government will send a minister to respond.
The first petition, titled 'Make people on disability benefits eligible for the £650 one off payment' was created by Abigail Broomfield and received more than 24,600 signatures in support on the petitions parliament website. The Daily Record reports that the petition states: "Disabled people should be included alongside carers in the £650 one off payment as part of the Cost of Living support package."
