Special payment for injured troops

Seriously injured troops will be given a guaranteed disability payment worth around £130 when next year’s welfare reforms come in, David Cameron has announced.

The Prime Minister said the change would show that the country “respects and reveres” British troops.

A special allowance is being set up to ensure army veterans with the most severe injuries will not lose out when a 
wide-scale shake-up takes effect in April 2013, he said. The current Disability Living Allowance will be replaced by a Personal Independence Payment (Pip).