General Chat

This is what happens when the conservatives get in cuts & more cuts! I notice they dont cut their drinks bill at their parties or their other little perks!
They promised they wouldnt touch the winter fuel money for the elderly and other things and it was all lies. It will be interesting to see how they cope with the backlash. Cant wait for the next general election they will hopefully be out that fast their feet wont touch the floor.

Sad as your sister's story may be, that is what happens after years of Blair / Brown miss management of the countries finances - the money has finally run out and you are left to fend on your own.

I was made redundant at 56 after 37 years of service with a major high street name. I get not one penny from the government and have to tap into my meagre savings month my month just to pay the bills. I won't get my winter fuel allowance of bus pass until I am 61 either.

Incidentally it is Cold Weather Payments that may cut to £8.50, not the Winter Fuel Allowance. This is the extra bit paid when the temp drops below zero for a certain period.

It's appalling. I get too angry about this to actually say anything without ranting I'm afraid.

Eddie, I hope your sister can try and get the deccision reviewed at least.

My respects to all carers who work for very little ( and those who care at home, just for love ).

Eddie

This is what your MP is for,send your comments to him,they need to know what it can be like for some people

There was something on TV the other day about the way government personel buy office equipment, l think l have this right........they use different methods/shops etc...if they were to use one standard shop/supplier they would save millions. Someone from the government was talking about this, can't remember who or which party!!

jude

Hello Eddieisagrandad.........l am so sorry, and l do hope you have sent this to Mr Cameron....he certainly was'nt the person l chose to be PM. Although l do agree cuts need to be made, but the politicians really have no idea do they?? They need to live in the real world for a few months or more. They have their private hospitals and doctors etc so no need to even consider what your poor sister is going through and all the others.

l do hope you can get some help for her!!

jude x

tell your poor daughter i sympathise with her,ive just read that DC is to cut the winter fuel payment to £8.50 and that is not definate.it could be scrapped altogether.
I am a carer also and am saving the government millions of pounds like many other underpaid carers,but do we get compensation NO.

when my late M-IN LAW fled Russia ( she was born of white english parents,)they told her you are fleeing one revolution to go to another.
well it looks like they were right ,im sure there will be an uprising of some kind soon.
they dont care two figs for the sick and elderly,one day they will be old.roll on 2014 when we can get them out,i didntvote for them have been a stuanch Labour voter since i was first given the chance to vote.
best wishes to you and your daughter,
wendy

My sister has worked as a carer for over 40 years in a nursing home which more recently became a hospice. She has devoted her life to caring for the disabled and dying. Washing them, dressing them, feeding them and cleaning their bottom. This is not a well paid career, especially not here in Devon where the minimum wage is seen as a good wage.
Two years ago she was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. She is on strong medication without which the illness would be out of control and her pain levels unbearable. No longer able to cycle the 2 miles to her work the CAB and her doctor helped her fill out the mobility allowance forms. She was awarded an amount of money that has meant she has been able to learn to drive and I have given her money to buy a little second hand car. Although she cannot do her carer's work full time her employer has kept her on part time on "light duties", a little cleaning, leading a sing-song for the residents etc, and it's been good for her morale.
Now, in David Camerons brave new world, she is seen by the DWP as a scrounger. Because she can walk, with her crutches or sticks, about 100 yards. That is 50 yards out and 50 yards back. The fact that she can barely take her weight on either because her wrists and hands are becoming so mis-shapen and she cannot take more than 5 or 6 steps without sticks or crutches is irrelevant. So her mobility allowance has been stopped. Her pay, per month, is now £15 pounds more than her rent.
Except she won't be workng any more because at the end of this month there is a car to tax at £120 and insurance at over £400. So the car has to go.
No car - no work - no rent - no home.
So who cares for the carer?
I'm disabled and already have a sickly, ageing Mother living with me. Any suggestions, Mr Cameron?