The Latest Breaking News from Disability

All households need to be aware of these financial changes coming into force in October, including the new £2,500 energy price freeze

Bills are going up, mortgages may go up, new inflation rates will be announced and Government payments are being made

The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has a new chair and for the first time it is a disabled person – former paralympian Kurt Fearnley. His appointment, along with that of two new directors, Graeme Innes (former disability discrimination commissioner) and Maryanne Diamond (Australian Network on Disability board member), brings…

A successful claim for PIP is worth between £97.80 and £627.60 every four weeks.

Sensitive medical information about NDIS participants and aged home care residents was hacked in May but little action was taken.

Working-aged people living with disability are two times as likely to be unemployed as those without disabilities. Advocates say there is no better time than now to change that.

Poorer households are expected to be hardest-hit, while eldery people have reported having to choose between heating or eating

The online petition has already received more than 10,450 signatures of support from across the UK.

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