Care allowances frozen for seven years as cost-of-living crisis hits disabled Cypriots hard

The Cyprus Paraplegic Organisation is calling for an immediate increase of at least 30% in care allowances for people with paraplegia and tetraplegia, saying the benefits have remained unchanged since 2019 while the cost of living has risen sharply.

At a press conference, the Organisation’s president, Dimitris Lambrinidis, said that despite sustained economic growth and budget surpluses in recent years, social welfare policies had not kept pace with the real needs of people with disabilities....