Unkindest cut

THIS Government has once again proven itself the master of irony and contradiction.

Unkindest cut

This is the European Year of the Disabled, and what is the Government’s first contribution?

It has chopped funding for disability grants. This scheme was of invaluable assistance to the disabled and the elderly in need of ground floor accommodation, bathrooms, stairlifts, etc.

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