Todays announcement of PIP reforms amount to nothing more than a truly sadistic assault on some of the most vulnerable disabled people in the UK.

As cheap Election gimmicks go, this is driven by ignorance, and a spiteful disregard for people of disabilities fears, and concerns.

Anyone with a shred of common decency could not support the measures proposed. One wonders how our MP will support them , and what justification will she give for it.

Further the level of economic illiteracy is staggering, particularly as people suffering from incurable long term degenerative diseases will inevitably become more seriously ill more quickly the cost of which will fall on already stretched NHS resources, and which will be far more costly than any savings on PIP.

Additionally replacing regular payments with one off adaptation payments is economically illiterate beyond belief as with degenerative diseases will need constantly updated adaptations which will lead to one off payments for adapting adaptations that have been paid for by these grants, and will be far more expensive .

Sadly this is what happens when politicians are driven by ideology , and dogma rather than pragmatic logic.

Add to that the longstanding hostility to disabled people so ingrained in to the Tory Party and Bingo you have the grotesque spectacle of todays announcement.

Kevin Ellis

Stroud