THE governmeni s new Bill HUH committee stage in Parliament. It' it goes through un-changed, milhon claimants will be worse off nex: Navember And this is the official estimate oi it: negative effects - so the real numbers who will sulfer are likely 1o be far greater.
Ine bli le à calculated and heartless attack or claimants the non organised 'working' class. The lories commend it security system. But what they call simplification is in fact the elimination of discretionary elements of the system with no compensatory increase in the scale rates. Nil-cost 'Simplification' is taking place on a nil-cost basis" .. words, claimants will be worse off. These are some of the effects:
*Claimants un the long-term benetit rate iosE 40p week supplementary benefit is brought into line ile. national insurance benefits. ..# happen the next annual uprating so that li will be disguised and cialmants may not realise what is happening to chem!
•Young people leaving in the summer will not be able to claim supplementary bene it three months after leaving school. They will have to deperdent on their parents for this детал.
* Exceptional needs paymenis -. one off lutp-som grants be greatly restricted stopped pierel! ter those nor on weekly supplementary benefit.