People with disabilities could be eligible for a £650 cost of living payment according to plans going before the UK Parliament. Millions of people could be in line for the money after two petitions calling for extra support received thousands of signatures.
Marsha De Cordova MP, a member of the Petitions Committee, has been asked to open the debate on May 22 after the first petition, ‘Make people on disability benefits eligible for the £650 one off payment’, was created by Abigail Broomfield and received more than 24,600 signatures of support on the petitions-parliament website, according to the Daily Record.
The petition said: “Disabled people should be included alongside carers in the £650 one off payment as part of the cost of living support package. We have larger utilities bills and food costs when compared to non-disabled people. We rely on these utilities and food to stay alive.”
