According to the Liberal Democrats Party website the Liberal Democrats Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: The current pension system is unfair; the basic state pension is too low and it discriminates against women and carers who take time out of work. 2.1 million pensioners […]
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In view of the Lib Dem policy on pensions, please advise what the policy is on those people who have paid many years of National Insurance contributions whilst working in the UK but go to live abroad. Specifically can you confirm that they will receive a UK state pension, uprated each year for inflation.
Currently there does not seem to be a policy on this matter to differentiate Lib Dems from New Labour and Conservatives.
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With regard to “Support for people with disabilities” what measures would be taken to change the current unfair and inadaquate Mental Health benefits assesments in the Welfare Reforms introduced by James Purnell and practiced by Atos Origin on behalf of the DWP.
What proposals would be implemented to ensure that those who cannot work due to debilitating long term mental health issues would continue to receive the financial support of the benefits system without being sanctioned and pressurized into employment.
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I am disabled & amongst a nadire of difficulties I have been diagnosed with CFS & Fibromyalgia. I get full mobility & Care for DLA yet I still feel pressurised by our benefits system. Going to ‘pathways to work’ interviews & medicals made me very ill & the stress was insurmountable. Why when I have reports from hospital specialists should I then have to go through the indignities of these interviews? Do we not trust our own NHS Specialists? There is no way during the very brief & limited medical that is done by the Benefits system that they can fully understand the miriad of difficulties that a person is going through. What is your parties views & what do you intend to do when & if you come into power. I for one & fed up with being seen as a second class citizen.
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