Hi Charlotte, I quite agree with you over the government and our benefits. I am on a Direct Payments Plan, so some of my DLA money is paid into that bank account as a four weekly contribution towards my care costs. What I would like to know is if that DLA goes, what on earth am I supposed to contribute to my care costs with? By the sound of it, it will all be done by some administrative Governmental organisation, and that wouldn't be good. I really liked the joke about the Surgeons. With best wishes from Sara