{"id":1315,"date":"2015-06-29T10:53:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T10:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2015-06-29T10:53:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T10:53:18","slug":"cuts-to-disability-living-allowance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2015\/06\/29\/cuts-to-disability-living-allowance\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuts to disability living allowance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2015\/06\/29\/cuts-to-disability-living-allowance\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-33307821\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1316 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2015\/06\/Laura-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Laura\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of the most severely disabled people in England face an uncertain future as a specialist government fund closes.\u00a0The Independent Living Fund will now be managed by local councils, to distribute as they see fit.<\/p>\n<p>Cancer Research Nurse Laura Woodley features in the BBC news story,\u00a0speaking about the implications of this change in legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Thousands of the most severely disabled people in England face an uncertain future as a specialist government fund closes.\u00a0The Independent Living Fund will now be managed by local councils, to distribute as they see fit. 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