E Petition...Re Green Paper Proposal to transfer carers to JSA

[Onyxia]

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/caringiswork/
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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to withdraw the proposal to transfer carers on carers allowance and income support to job seekers allowance and to recognise carers' valuable social input by keeping carer benefits separate from the rest of the benefit system.

In the Welfare Green Paper No One Written Off: Reforming
Welfare to Reward Responsibility the Government proposes to transfer working age carers on Carers Allowance and Income Support to Job seekers Allowance. Carers are amongst the most responsible members of society. Without their contribution our NHS and social care systems would collapse. Transferring carers to job seekers allowance , a benefit that suggests carers are not working, are not contributing to society and are available for work is an insult and a contradiction of the government’s claim to ‘recognise’ carers’ ‘immense contribution’ to society (estimated to be worth £87 billion a year). Carers' valuable
social input should be recognised by keeping carer benefits
separate from the rest of the benefit system.

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Please sign,carers work so damn hard and do NOT deserve to be lumped in with the chavs that dont want to work when they are allready looking after a disabled person for a minimum of 35 hours a week.

 

[svincent]

Signed it

 

[TequilaMist]

Signed!!
GRRRRRRRRRRRRR makes me so mad!!
They want to save money clamp down on those who really can work but choose not too!
But then that probably too much work !!
I am not cynical or bitter

 

[Onyxia]

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Signed!!
GRRRRRRRRRRRRR makes me so mad!!
They want to save money clamp down on those who really can work but choose not too!
But then that probably too much work !!
I am not cynical or bitter

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Hehe,course not

And I agree, clamp down on the people who DO play the system not those who are really ill/looking for work or in the case of carers have given up their jobs and chance of a decent income to look after someone they love when they are ill.

For those who have looked but not signed,read this
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CaringForSomeone/MoneyMatters/DG_10012522

Would YOU look after a disabled person for £50 a week?

 

[TequilaMist]

think what pees me off the most is the actual amount these carers actually save the state from providing care in hospitals/residential homes etc!!!

 

[Onyxia]

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think what pees me off the most is the actual amount these carers actually save the state from providing care in hospitals/residential homes etc!!!

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That are then called scum because anyone on benifits is right?

Thats whats annoyed me most about this- carers work damn hard, min 35 hours (yet to meet one who isnt there all day,every day) meaning a nurse doesnt have to attend to the person they care for but Gov. want to lump them in with anyone who isnt in a paid job atm?
Kick in the teeth for the people who do so much for so little...