They have apparently said they will safeguard the current users of the funds until the end of this parliament, but the fund will close in 2015!
News - DWP
It doesn't say in their official statement as yet that it will close in 2015, although i know 2 people who have just received letters from the ILF stating that it will close in 2015!
It seems that they are saying that this Fund costing £330 million is unsustainable, and that all care in future will be administered through local authorities. Well even under the recent "good" times local authorities relied upon the ILF to provide funding to Severely Disabled people, who needed more care & finance, than the authority could provide. So please can someone explain how this will be anything other than disastrous, for these vunerable people, to be totally put in the hands of the local authorities, when they are facing the massive cuts just announced!
Its amazing & disgracefull that a Government who can ring fence and indeed increase the foreign aid budget by over 50% over this parliament, from £8.4 Billion this year - £12.6 Billion in 2014, which Cameron describes as not a lot in real terms, yet describes £330 milion for helping its own countries Severely Disabled & Vunerable people as being "Unsustainable"
My bloods beginning to boil!
Best Regards - Taggy