Independent Living Fund to refuse any new applications

Added on Friday 18 Jun 2010

ILF closes door on new applicants for care payments - The Independent Living Fund has barred disabled people from applying for its care payments for the rest of 2010-11 to stave off a funding crisis. The ILF announced the decision today, just three months after it unveiled controversial plans to restrict new applications to disabled people in work. That decision sparked fury from disabled activists and the Scottish government, while council leaders said the restriction would shunt costs onto local authorities, as they would have to fund full care packages for people who would previously have been eligible for ILF support.

Source:  Community Care