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Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:53 pm
Phil Hope talked about not what he will do for carers but for what he has done for carers ( not that much if we are still fighting ) , he therefore talked about the P.C.T`S failing to spend the 150 million quid given to them for carers breaks he as far as i could see had little to say .
Stepher O`brien said from the start that the conservatives would retain both the attendance allowance and the disability living allowance for the over 65`s , his party would also look at the payment of carers allowance to pensioners and would also look into the level of earnings that carers can recieve before they lose the allowance thats all well and good for those who can both work and care .
i have no idea what "FLEXIBLE WORKING FOR CARERS" means = well it must be for working carers not us at home 24/7 dont working carers have laws set in place now to protect them ..
To me it looks quite clear that the 24/7 carer will receive little or no help .
Liberals will increase the carers alowance as per the 2008 report if i remember correctly that increase was set at 2 levels one in line with J.S.A. and the other at a higher level for heavy end care nowt about looking after more then one disabled person....
so what do we do well for a start a hung parliament with the milk monitor Nick Clegg holding the balance will do nicely as long as Gordon is not Nick Cleggs new best friend.
the more talking we do the less gets done, it`s just tinkering here there and everywhere a wee bit here and a wee bit there, a bit of cash for them, that`ll keep `em quiet for a week or two , aye give them some respite care breaks even if they dont get any time off it`ll look good in the press .
do they ever listen no they dont.
i have never voted any other way then Labour but you must vote with your wallet and if they can protect the disability allowances for the over 65`s thats what we have to do
