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well don't do "the stiff upper lip" tomorrow Amanda, go for the trembling lip!!!

Some disabled could be better off though. In the D

Disabled people will be given millions of pounds of extra help to get them back into the workplace.

The Department for Work and Pensions pledged to pay £138million in back-to-work grants - doubling its current spending.

Claimants will be able to use the money to buy equipment, pay for a support worker or fund transport modifications to make it easier for them to get a job.

For instance, if a disabled person wanted to buy specially-made computer equipment to help them find work, they could use the new Access To Work grant.

A DWP spokesman said the scheme, currently being piloted, 'is extremely popular because the support it funds is personalised'.

Once in work they will receive an extra £40 a week to top up their wages.


But those too disabled for the workplace will receive a rise in their benefits to £102.10 a week.

Ann
Glos

About time I think, I have worked all my life, but I think there are genuinly disabled people out there who may be frightened by what's being said.

I wish the goverment would get everything all sorted out and then leak it to the press, me thinks it's a vote puller!!!!!!!!!!