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Millions of Brits will start to receive £301 cost of living payment from NEXT WEEK

The money is the first of three instalments that make up the £900 cost of living payment, designed to help those on certain means-tested benefits cope with rising bills

Daily Mirror

Disability service faces action over woman's burn death

The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission has started civil penalty proceedings against LiveBetter Services Limited.

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Industry leaders push for government, employers to boost work outcomes for people living with disability

Industry leaders are calling on all tiers of government and the private sector to do more to boost the employment participation rate for people living with disability.

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Voters with disabilities often overlooked in voting battles

Advocates for the disabled say access for voters with disabilities remains a challenge at polling places throughout the United States

The Independent UK

DWP confirms who will get spring cost of living payments

Households across the country claiming means-tested benefits will automatically receive the first payment this month

Belfast Live

Ageing and the mortality alarm: ‘I started panicking about future me’

The moment you realise you are entering your ageing years is confronting, especially if you still feel young. Might that burst of anxiety be a door into a different kind of old age?

The Guardian - AU

Larissa Nolan: 'With celebrities sharing their autism diagnoses, it’s coming across more as a gift than a disability'

'The vast majority of the diagnoses today are at the lower end of the spectrum – whereas previously they were only made in severe cases of 'classic' autism. But have we widened the spectrum to be so broad it is now meaningless?'

Irish Mirror

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Glaswegians could be entitled to more money as 12 government benefit rates increasing

There's a number of benefits included in the 10.1 per cent increase which comes into effect from Saturday, April 1, and they include the adult disability payment and winter heating payment

Glasgow Live

DWP health conditions most likely to lead to £172 PIP payment

From April 10, a successful claim for PIP or ADP is worth between £26.90 and £172.75 each week in additional financial support

Nottingham Post

Disability advocate Tilly Aston fought for blind and low-vision people to 'hold their own' in a prejudiced society

A by-election being held in the federal seat named after Tilly Aston is garnering attention from far and wide, but the story of how she improved the lives of many thousands of blind and vision-impaired people has been lost to time.

ABC News

Lady Masham of Ilton obituary

Tireless disability campaigner, Paralympian and longest-serving female member of the Lords

The Guardian - UK

Glasgow disability groups 'not being listening to' on street design

A Labour councillor has claimed a forum, set up to get feedback on plans such as cycle paths, has been 'very heated' as council officials aren't listening.

Glasgow Live

PIP health conditions most-likely to be given a weekly payment of up to £172 from DWP

A new claim for PIP or Adult Disability Payment could help with daily living or mobility costs.

Daily Record

DWP benefits changed in April 2023 including Universal Credit, pensions and income support

What you will get paid after April 10 when the rates are set to rise

Nottingham Post

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DWP explains why some received 'unexpected' £150 cost of living payment this week

A payment of £150 is planned to be given this summer to those on disability benefits and one was given to this group of people last September to help with the rising cost of living

Daily Record

New payment set to replace Attendance Allowance next year could include mobility element for older people

Pension Age Disability Payment will provide financial support for over 123,700 pensioners living in Scotland.

Bristol Post

DWP: New cost of living payments from April 2023 - full list of dates and who gets paid

Universal Credit, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Income Support and income-based Jobseeker's Allowance claimants will all benefit from the new grants

Daily Record

Increase your income before tax year ends this week by checking for unclaimed benefits or discounts

The new financial year begins on April 6 but there is still time to claim discounts and rebates for 2022-23.

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Daily Record

Older people making a new claim for PIP 'generally' given ongoing payment award of 10 years

Nearly half a million people of State Pension age are also in receipt of PIP.

Bristol Post

DWP responds after £150 cost of living payment paid early with recipients confused

There has been some confusion amongst claimants after a £150 payment dropped into their bank accounts earlier than expected

Chronicle Live

DWP issues £150 cost of living payment response after cash hits some bank accounts

People across the UK have been left confused as to why the £150 payment has dropped into their accounts months earlier than anticipated

ABC News

COVID-19 leave payments ending for thousands of workers in high-risk settings

Thousands of workers in high-risk settings who miss work because they have tested positive for COVID-19 will soon no longer be eligible for federal financial support.

Liverpool Echo

DWP issues response as 'unexpected' £150 payment lands in some bank accounts

Some claimants have been confused as they received a cost-of-living payment

Nottingham Post

DWP issues response as unexpected £150 cost of living payment appears in some bank accounts

DWP explained why the payments may have been made

ABC News

Disability advocate Stella Young immortalised in Stawell with statue

A schoolgirl says Stella Young's words remain her inspiration nearly a decade after the disability advocate's sudden death.

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