The way the Government 'Cost of Living' support package is being allocated has led to heavy criticism. Fears have been expressed by people on health and disability benefits such as Personal Independent Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) that they will miss out on hundreds of pounds of help.
The measures put forward by Chancellor Rishi Sunak will see this group of claimants getting £500 less than those on means-tested benefits. As a result a new petition has been launched asking for the disabled and chronically ill to be given more money, reports BirminghamLive.
Around six million people on disability benefits will get £150 in September whereas around eight million on seven means-tested benefits like Universal Credit will get a much higher amount of £650, to be paid in two instalments - the first in July, the second in the autumn.
