Baroness Tanni and Peter White on 'the cuts'
| 10:55 UK time, Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Announcement after announcement on disability benefits and related schemes are coming out of government at a dizzying rate of knots this month. All of them suggest that life is going to be quite different from now on. Disability Bitch is analysing this a bit more, in her own special way, tomorrow.
We're noting there are now more and more disabled people blogging and tweeting about the cuts, and the possible effects of change; we're reading and will be following it up in the new year with our ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ colleagues as things hopefully become clearer.
This is a bit of advanced warning that on December 30 we have a special end of year podcast where we'll be looking back on the big events of 2010 and looking ahead to 2011.
The regular hosts of the show , Mat Fraser and Liz Carr, will be joined by ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Disability Affairs Correspondent Peter White and, former paralympian, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.
Find out what our guests think about the cuts and what response they expect to hear from disabled people in the UK. Politics aside, we'll also hear about upcoming paralympic sport, discussion on role models, TV and some audio clips you may remember from the year about to come to a close.
Comment number 1.
At 16th Dec 2010, calmorezoo wrote:the goverment are saying that local councils are not to cut care funding but newforest/ hampshire already have . i have had my care cut ive lost all my mealtime help and the 2 dommestic help hours. this is frustrating as i have problems with my arms and hand cramping and twitching so have had loads of accidents with hot water and sharp knives. so look out NHS MOre disabled people with be in A&E and more bed blocking coz social services wont / cant respond.
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