Disability funding changes 'callous'

[Lilith7]

Sounds like the funding was being exploited a bit by what was said last night.
Please note its not affecting funding to caregivers or anything essential.
The govt is having to cut as much spending as possible thanks to the mess labour left us in.
Media are making a big deal about it by throwing in the words "disabled"
From what it appears, they are basically reforming the system to make sure any funding is appropriately spent on genuine need.

You seem to have missed this:

"The ministry said the changes - which took effect on the same day they were announced - did not reduce the amount of funding allocated to disabled people, and only made clear what could be purchased.
Labour's Disability Issues spokesperson Priyanca Radhakrishnan said the announcement was very unclear, but it was a cut.
"This is a cut to frontline services, let's be very clear about that," she said.

"This is support services that disabled people and their carers rely on ... it is narrowing the criteria to the funding to such an extent that parents who've contacted me say they won't be able to access anything through it. That's a cut."

"This is unacceptable. This is taking flexibility and choice away from disabled people and their carers, and there is a lot of anger out there about the fact that there was no consultation or engagement around this. It came out really suddenly through a facebook post, I understand, yesterday - and it was implemented as of yesterday.