• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Meet the Team
  • Contact us
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Tory cuts will cost dying man’s family £50k if he survives beyond today

Theresa May is busy today, selling arms to a country that will decapitate people for sorcery and witchcraft and also getting very angry about the National Trust not mentioning the word “Easter” enough, for a day out, where kids run about looking for eggs at a stately home. We need all the allies we can […]

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2017-04-04 13:50
in News, Politics
FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

Theresa May is busy today, selling arms to a country that will decapitate people for sorcery and witchcraft and also getting very angry about the National Trust not mentioning the word “Easter” enough, for a day out, where kids run about looking for eggs at a stately home.

We need all the allies we can get, now we have Brexit, and the National Trust doesn’t have much oil. However, back in the UK one family is going through a tragedy, which the government is making worse, adding the families grief.

While all this is going on a 51-year-old father of two is about to die of cancer. This is so tragic for any family, but in this case, if he dies today the family will receive £60k in bereavement payments, but if he lasts another day, the fee will drop to £6k.

Alan, from literally his death bed, told BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire this morning, the predicament he is in. It was saddening to watch and tragic for his family, and it will concern many other people who might find themselves with dying family members in the future

He was given up to five months to live in December, but this Thursday savage cuts to the amount paid out to after the death of loved ones, will mean his family will face a financial struggle, at a very upsetting time.

Alan then admitted he had said to his family “in some ways it wouldn’t be a bad thing to lose me a couple of days early because at least there’ll be more financial support available.”

PM May defended the cuts as “fair.” However, many people will see the predicament this man and his family are in and think otherwise.

RelatedPosts

Solar panels could become mandatory on all new buildings in the EU

JVT misses knighthood ceremony for pandemic work…. because he has Covid

Watch: First pictures and video of Kenneth Brannagh’s portrayal of Boris Johnson

Watch: Reactions as another Liz Truss car crash interview hits the skids

The cut will see families lose bereavement payments18 months after a parent has died.

Previously families would get money to support them until a child turned 18 years old.

Dying Alan said: “I made a calculation not long ago regarding how much support would be available to my wife to help raise our young children. And under the current system I calculated it would have been a sum of over £50,000. And under the new system it would reduce to six.

“And I was shocked that a system of benefits that has been in place as I understand for 70 years, since 1946, although it has been renamed, the essence of this support is that when somebody is widowed, there’s financial support available for young children up to the age of 19 or 20.

“And the fact that that’s been taken away seems utterly callous and savage.

“I understand that this is a policy that was not at all mentioned in the Conservative manifesto, as put together by George Osborne as chancellor at the time.

“This policy therefore appears to have no mandate whatsoever and I can only think that some relatively junior minister advised the chancellor at the time because the amount of money that I have already built up in my state pension, through National Insurance contributions is approaching £130,000.

“So even if the existing policy was paid out, it would only represent half of the money that I have put into my state pension.

“So while this is continually referred to as a saving, actually it’s just depriving people of money that they’ve legitimately earned.”

A DWP spokesperson said: “We’re modernising the support we offer, replacing an outdated system that doesn’t reflect people’s lives today. The new Bereavement Support Payment is simpler, easier to understand, tax-free and doesn’t affect the amount received from other benefits, so families can access wider welfare support.”

Since you are here

Since you are here, we wanted to ask for your help.

Journalism in Britain is under threat. The government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and our media is run by a handful of billionaires, most of whom reside overseas and all of them have strong political allegiances and financial motivations.

Our mission is to hold the powerful to account. It is vital that free media is allowed to exist to expose hypocrisy, corruption, wrongdoing and abuse of power. But we can't do it without you.

If you can afford to contribute a small donation to the site it will help us to continue our work in the best interests of the public. We only ask you to donate what you can afford, with an option to cancel your subscription at any point.

To donate or subscribe to The London Economic, click here.

The TLE shop is also now open, with all profits going to supporting our work.

The shop can be found here.

You can also SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER .

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending on TLE

  • All
  • trending
Abdollah

‘Rescue us’: Afghan teacher begs UK to help him escape Taliban

CHOMSKY: “If Corbyn had been elected, Britain would be pursuing a much more sane course”

What If We Got Rid Of Prisons?

More from TLE

Revealed: Full list of MPs who voted to give bankers a multi-billion tax cut

“Speak English when you’re walking on this street”: couple subjected to vile rant for speaking Portuguese

Tories accused of ‘smear’ over claims MPs got drunk on Armistice trip

Getaways that are cheaper than a cab ride

Stormzy chanted “back Boris” and not the F-bomb at Glastonbury, Johnson

Glasgow Rangers lose latest round of long-running merchandise fight with Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley

Why the Tracing App’s technology is such an issue

Ryanair has been brutally trolling the Tories with memes for over a week

Film Review: Hereditary

Johnson returns to No 10 amid calls to ease coronavirus lockdown

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.