Bill Kidd, Glasgow SNP MSP, said: “This is a clear sign of how little the UK Government considers its impact on Scotland and, in particular, vulnerable Scots.

“To get rid of this benefit would be a hammer blow to elderly and disabled Scots.”

The proposals to scrap attendance allowance will affect 25,000 people in Glasgow, and it is claimed 40% would experience severe hardship as a result.

MSPs in the Scottish Parliament are today debating the Westminster plans, to fund social care reforms in England, and the impact it will have on recipients north of the border. Elderly and disabled people on the benefit, who need help at home from a carer or family or friends, are paid up to £70 a week to cover the costs.

But the changes will mean it is scrapped which could also impact on carers allowance, affecting up to another 46,000 people in Scotland.

When the plans were announced last year, charities including Help the Aged, Age Concern and MacMillan Cancer Support were concerned it would affect thousands of people.

Money will go to councils instead to help pay for the care system, which in England and Wales is being called a National Care Service.

Department of Work and Pension statistics show almost 25,000 Glasgow people claim attendance allowance Mr Kidd added: “Attendance Allowance offers essential support to many of Glasgow’s elderly and disabled residents and helps the city’s carers.

“Without Attendance Allowance more elderly people would be forced out of their homes into the care system instead of living independently in their homes.”