Currently, low income families who claim disability living allowance on behalf of their child are entitled to a disability addition worth £53.62 each week. Families with a child in receipt of the high rate care component of the allowance also receive an additional £21 per week.
However, the Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) campaign has warned that proposals in the Welfare Reform Bill will see benefit additions drop by more than 50 per cent.
The group, led by Contact a Family, the Council for Disabled Children, Mencap and the Special Educational Consortium cited Cameron’s claims that he "would never do anything that would hurt disabled children".
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