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PRESS RELEASE on LIB-DEM SCANDAL's
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Liberal Democrat local government in Richmond on Thames HERE
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT COUNCIL
THREATENS DISABLED MUM AND CHILDREN
A
young disabled mother is terrified she may have her children taken away now Lib
Dem Richmond Council will savagely cut the amount of home help she receives.
In its bid
to make savings of £600,000 in the Social Services bill Richmond Council
are going to severely reduce entitlement to help in the home and limit the number
of care hours to it's disabled residents.
34 year
old wheelchair user and mother of two young children, one of whom has severe learning
difficulties, is currently receiving cash payments to employ her own care assistants
rather than receiving Council organised help. Any reduction in her support will
severely threaten her independence and ability to look after her children. She
says, "Although my life is challenging, often heart breaking and physically demanding,
with my adorable children life is still wonderful. To have to change my lifestyle
so drastically would be devastating and very unfair", she went on to say, "How
can the Council be so heartless, why should I not be able to do what I want, when
I want - just like them?"
It seems that, in its haste to make savings, Social Services have produced an ill-conceived policy that totally ignores needs of the disabled. Despite their various disabilities, they try and live productive and fulfilling lives and have aspirations like anyone else but because they need practical assistance to achieve these goals, the Council seems hell bent on denying them this right".
UPDATE:
In addition to all the Liberal Democrat councillors happily
agreeing to tighten their discriminative grip on the disabled in March, the committee
chairman Cllr Anthony Barnett, declared to the press that the disabled were nothing
more than "pretenders". His resignation from public duty and reversal of Lib-Dem
policy is demanded by every upright and community responsible person.
Whether or not 'care capping'
can be legally applied without contravining disability and human rights will be
settled in court. Meanwhile our advice is play these oxymoron Lib Dem's at their
own game. Refuse to accept any lowering of care and subsequent living standards.
The Lib Dem Council might view you as inferior, treat you as inferior but you
have the right to be equal. Every person has right to appeal and, the law clearly
states "your care may NOT be removed or down scaled while you are appealing".
And we all know how long appeals can be dragged out for.....????
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