BUDGET 2016: Stockton mam says disability benefit cuts will cause 'crisis'
Labour claim around 200,000 disabled people across the UK will be ÂŁ3,000 worse off a year.
A Stockton mam with a disabled son says the governments plans to cut disability benefit will leave people 'desperate'.
Kathleen Carter's son is one of those who could be at risk of having his benefits cuts under new plans by the government.
She's a Trustee at Stockton charity Thrive, who help people in extreme hardship and poverty.
The charity worker is concerned that if the cuts are made, the demand for their services will go through the roof.
Speaking about her son, she said: "He is sat at home worried sick about what he's going to do if his money is cut, because he cannot go to work.
"I cannot understand what the end product is that they're after, that they can stand there and bludgeon with their words and their actions, people that cannot help themselves.
"It's crisis, crisis, crisis.
"It gets me really annoyed, it really does, because I would like to say to them why don't they come down and talk to people.
"They don't see what it's really like."
Cuts to disability services are part of Chancellor George Osbourne's plans to save ÂŁ4bn by the end of the next Parliament.
Analysis by Labour suggests 200,000 disabled people across the UK will be ÂŁ3,000 worse off every year as a result of the cuts.
A further 400,000 people will see their weekly payments fall by almost ÂŁ30 a week - over ÂŁ1,400 over a year.
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