Keeping things on topic. The calls for PIP/DLA to be increased in line with inflation have been rejected by the Government We will have to wait until October to see what the September CPI figure is. Judging by the timely reduction in fuel costs counteracting the rise in the food basket we could be looking at around a 9% increase.
Rather than this money going to sit on the balance sheet, it will be used to fight the increase in Advance Payments that we are seeing Quarter on Quarter.