ALT It is unfathomable that the government is considering further cuts to health, education and social care services and backtracking on a stated intention to raise benefits in line with inflation. Families with disabled children are on their knees after years of battling for services hollowed out by austerity and the Covid pandemic. And they are among the worst hit by the cost of living crisis. Financial help and support services are vital to the health and wellbeing of every family up and down the country, but they are literally a lifeline to families with disabled children. Our analysis shows there was a £2.1 billion funding gap for disabled children’s health and social care services in 2020, and at that time just 4% of families with disabled children got the support they needed to safely care for their child. Research shows that these crucial services are still not back to pre-pandemic levels. We urge the government to think again.