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Disabled activists mourn the death of living fund
DISABLED campaigners will lay a wreath in London today as they mourn the end of the independent living fund (ILF) in an “emotional” day of protest.
ILF recipients will be joined by activists and supporters as they hand in a petition signed by more than 25,000 people standing against the closure of the fund by the Tory government.
The group will assemble at Downing Street before laying a wreath honouring the benefit at the feet of a Whitehall statue.
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