"It will mean vulnerable people are not getting a service until they are in serious need and it will have a serious long-term impact on older people".
"This would of course have meant vulnerable children falling between the cracks, which runs contrary to what parliament intended with the Children Act and 2013 statutory guidance 'Working Together to Safeguard Children', which the judge examined for the first time".
However, Sandie Lock, CA welfare benefits specialist, voices the concern that the policy is driven by a desire to cut the cost of appeals and that could mean "vulnerable clients will be dissuaded from proceeding with the appeal or may just give up because it's taking too long".
But refugee advocate David Manne said the move would mean "vulnerable people seeking our help are essentially cast into indefinite exile".
We are all living longer, and that means more vulnerable years.
"But this means using vulnerable civilians like pawns on a chess board.
"I learned early on what debt means, how vulnerable it makes people, what the security of owning a home means," Ms. Warren said, her eyes welling.
In practical terms, that means that vulnerable individuals and groups – including, for example, women and girls subjected to domestic or sexual violence – can call on the state to take steps to protect them.
