[RichardCoulter]

The Government are to take steps to limit PIP to some claimants.

It is expected that those with the following conditions will be the main ones to lose out:

- Those with mental health issues.

- Those suffering from anxiety state.

- Those suffering from depression.

- Those suffering from dementia.

- Those suffering from schizophrenia.

- Those who have had a stroke.

- Those with diabetes.

The head of Mays policy board, Tory MP George Freeman, has said that the reason was because the money should be going to "the real disabled" instead of those that just "take pills at home". He also cited affordability issues.

Even the oldest Conservative think tank, the Bow Group, has said that "this is the very behaviour that gives the Conservatives a bad name. It attacks those in need and kicks people when they are down".

I think that this is especially disappointing after May gave her speech last month. She stated that mental health would be a cornerstone policy of hers that would right a wrong and change the way that mental health is viewed. She went on to say that those with mental illness should be treated with compassion and that treatment should give the right level of support and attention.

Disability organisations are furious and intend to fight this latest assault on disability support, especially since they did not even go through the motions of consulting disability organisations etc.

This news was announced last Friday when it was known that it would be buried by last weeks by-election results.