Disabled Vehicle
Economic cutbacks
Five years ago, the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund kindly supplied me with a mobility scooter as I am disabled, and cannot walk.
Within months, the government changed the way disabled people get their benefits. I was on Disabled Living allowance, that changed to getting a Personal Independence Payment.
The change from DLA to PIP cost me, and thousands of other people over £30 a week. I said to my wife, there's no point in keeping the EV now, I can't afford to go out, but she said we should keep, on the off chance I could go out to the park, but my legs have got weaker over time, and with her passing in January, I have so much work in the house, and garden, I doubt I would be able to get out (if I could have afforded it)
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