Peter Stanford (19 April) rightly brings to our attention the immorality of the axing of Independent Living Fund. Sadly, this cut is not the only change to welfare benefits that has taken place in recent years. In April 2013 both Community Care Grants and Crisis Loans were abolished. Before April 2013, if you needed help to establish yourself or remain in the community, for example after leaving prison or being helped from living on the street, you could apply for a Community Care Grant. Crisis Loans were available for people facing a financial crisis caused by an emergency or disaster. Both these funds were statutory and operated by the Department of Work and Pensions. Now they are no longer statutory but “discretionary” and operated by individual local authorities. No funds