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Letters: Abolish means testing

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It is vital that parents of disabled children get support from their MPs for the abolition of means testing for the Disabled Facilities Grant, by getting them to sign Early Day Motion 298.

There is now an urgency in this campaign as Easter approaches, as an election looms and as the review in England begins to wind down and the Welsh Assembly considers the recommendation of its review group that the means test be abolished. At this very late stage, when all the arguments have been thrashed out, one question remains. It is time the MPs are asked to get a reply to this question, which is: Why is there abolition in Northern Ireland and not in England and Wales?

We need answers now, but more than this we need abolition.

In another earnest attempt to increase even more political support through parents and voluntary groups, we have released another leaflet.

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