PARENTS with disabled children at Mont à l’Abbé School vented their anger to a Scrutiny panel yesterday at the prospect of being much worse off under the new income support scheme.
They were among various members of the public who told the Economic Affairs Scrutiny sub-panel how means testing of the attendance allowance benefit will make life more difficult for them.
Their stories led to some spiky clashes between panel member Deputy Geoff Southern and Social Security Minister Paul Routier, when he later gave evidence on the new system.
Deputy Southern accused the minister of depriving the most vulnerable by means testing an allowance paid to 750 Islanders at a cost of about £4 million a year.
Senator Routier may be on the verge of a u-turn on attendance allowance for families with disabled children.
Pictured: Trevor Dearsley, who addressed the panel on behalf of Mont à l’Abbé parents
