Mum's plea to save vital payments to most vulnerable (From Daily Echo)
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Mum's plea to save vital payments to most vulnerable
5:23pm Sunday 24th February 2013 in News
By Melanie Adams, Health Reporter
Mum's plea to save vital payments to most vulnerable
A Southampton mum who has dedicated her life to looking after her disabled daughter has challenged bosses to meet her face to face over plans to slash her allowances.
Lynette Hall who cares for her daughter Jennie, 34, is furious over city council plans to cut special payments to some of the city’s most vulnerable residents to save up to £500,000.
Last week social services chiefs agreed to relook at plans to cut the cash after a back lash from relatives and carers across the city.
Now social service boss Matthew Stevens has agreed to meet Lynette to see for himself how vital the payments are.
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Comments(3)
IronLady2010
says...
11:59pm Sun 24 Feb 13
Hubby is in the care Industry and at times benefits are far too generous. I have to be careful what I say, but many get more than they should.
ohec
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8:51am Mon 25 Feb 13
Its hard to take something away from anybody because you soon get used to it and just as quickly decide you couldn't live without it but in order to make an informed decision you would need to know their total incomes but i think they would be very reluctant to reveal that.
huckit P says...
10:06pm Sun 24 Feb 13
Funding for vulnerable people should not have been touched in the first place!