Mum of two 'just surviving' after Budget pushes disabled families 'to the side'

Mum of two 'just surviving' after Budget pushes disabled families 'to the side'

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced a slew of benefit updates in her Budget on November 26, including scrapping the two-child benefit cap which will allow bigger families to receive more welfare support. But mum-of-two Lorraine Griffin revealed how little the Budget offered for families like hers.

Lorraine said: “I wish the Chancellor had used this Budget to recognise the huge challenges disabled people and their families are facing, and provide even just a bit more support. It feels like disabled children are not a priority at all, they’re just being pushed to the side.

“There needs to be more support for families like mine, who are barely making ends meet as it is. The social care system, t