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Disability Benefits Consortium Survey on difference £20 uplift makes - please share

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The Disability Benefits Consortium have launched a survey to support its campaign to extend the £20 uplift to legacy benefits -

#IncreaseDisabilityBenefits Survey

The DBC says -

In March, in response to Covid-19, the Government increased the standard rate of Universal Credit and working tax credits by £1,000 a year (£20 a week).

The Government, however, has not increased ‘legacy benefits’ including Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Income Support and Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) in the same way. The Disability Benefits Consortium is calling for urgent action to make sure the 2 million disabled people and others on legacy benefits are not left behind.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has chosen not to listen to this call, or respond to the Don’t Leave Disabled People Behind petition we sent him, signed by over 120,000 people.

To keep this campaign going we’d like to hear about your experiences during COVID-19 so we can show the Government what an extension of this £20 lifeline would mean to you.

Anything you’re able to share with us will help with this campaign to #IncreaseDisabilityBenefits