Disabled man 'wasting away' as council blocked access to bank account for nearly a year
dailystar.co.ukmoney in his savings account, CheshireLive reports.David's family said he had his benefits cut by Cheshire East Council when he decided to purchase a caravan following the first lockdown.READ MORE: Over half of teens would rather make a difference in their career than earn high salaryLeft with learning difficulties after falling down the stairs 23 years ago and suffering a serious brain injury, David now lives in joint supported accommodation where he requires round the clock care.David and his sister Pat Gibson, 67, had taken the decision to purchase the £20,000 caravan, using a portion of David's private pension but Cheshire East Council reportedly flagged a safeguarding incident on his account which immediately denied him access to his money.After follow-ups with a social worker, the family were told that it wasn't in David's best interests to spend a big portion of his pension on the caravan.Pat said: "They were deciding what David could and couldn’t spend his money on.“They didn’t want me to get that caravan but they didn’t have my brother crying saying ‘it’s my money why can’t I do what I want with it'.“It’s like they don’t care that he’s my brother, not their brother.
If it was part of their family they wouldn’t have treated him like this. I don’t want this happening to anyone else.”Pat was adamant that David can not last on £60 a week and it was not good for his health as he already begun losing weight.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here."David can’t manage on that,” she said.“No one can manage on that.
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