
Disabled People asked to pay £1,500 extra per year for social care
Dear Councillor I am writing to ask for your help in reversing an unfair decision by Dumfries & Galloway Council earlier this year. The effect of this are only coming to light now and causing great hardship to disabled people under the age of 65 throughout the area. On 29th February the Council approved a report which changed the income allowance that people under 65 could keep before paying charges. The Income Allowance for people under 65 went down from £177 to £132 per week while the Income Allowance for people over 65 went up from £177 to £195 per week. At the same time the tax rate that people paid on the extra income they had about the Income Allowance went up from 55% to 65%. The increase for…