Showing posts with label 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2009. Show all posts

Friday, 11 September 2009

Defending Attendance Allowance

Plaid conference has voted against the UK government's plans to cut the incomes of some of the most vulnerable. I moved this motion, which was passed by conference:

"Conference supports the retention of Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance as benefits which allow disabled persons to retain financial independence and notes with concern proposals contained in the UK Government's recent Green Paper "Shaping the Future of Care Together", to abolish Attendance Allowance."