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January 6, 2016 | by Tom Hale
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January 6, 2016 | by Tom Hale
On the 13th of January disabled people from across the country will be lobbying their MPs to reverse planned changes to employment support allowance (ESA). Twitter: #BenefitsLobby
It's funny. I expect that many, many people think that having people coming in to do things for you every day must be really nice. Some may even be willing to pay quite a lot of money for the privilege. But, for a disabled person who has to rely on carers for everything it's not always that good. I hate it.
Nearly one in three people in England have a long term condition, and many of these conditions are 'invisible' or not easily noticeable to someone else.
Anticipated publication date:January 2017
Imagine this situation: 30% of your wage or benefits gets taken away. How would you feel? Would you be angry? Would you feel it's unfair? I would imagine you would feel both, but you would mostly feel worried right? I am in the very fortunate situation of earning a good wage and being able to afford what many people, myself included, would consider luxuries. If I was told that I would have to take a wage decrease and had no choice in it, I would feel all of the above but I would have options. I could find another job and even if I wasn't successful, I could live on a 30% reduction.