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DWP could give people of State Pension age with back pain up to £369 each month

Nearly 1.4m people across the UK currently receive either £61.85 or £92.40 each week through Attendance Allowance.

Daily Record

Households with a disabled person twice as likely to be struggling with cost of living crisis

New research suggests 66% of disabled households have avoided turning on the heating to save money.

Daily Record

People making new claim for PIP may not be required to attend an assessment

There are five application scenarios where people making a new claim may not need to go through the consultation process.

Daily Record

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Bristol mayor Marvin Rees praises £2.48 million boost to achieve 2030 climate targets

The funding means Bristol communities have their say on how the money is used

Bristol Post

Pension changes a 'missed opportunity'

A peak disability advocate is calling on the federal government to extend pension changes to people with a disability under 65 years old so they get more work.

AAP

Federal and state ministers to visit Longreach to address 'terrible' state of disability services

It's been nearly three years since people with disabilities in central west Queensland had access to respite and short-term accommodation services.

ABC News

DWP issues £150 disability cost of living payment update ahead of due date

The Department for Work and Pensions has shared an update regarding the one-off £150 disability cost of living payment ahead of the due date later in September

Glasgow Live

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What you can claim if you're disabled - many vulnerable Brits are struggling

As most Brits face a tough winter ahead due to the cost of living crisis, it is hardest of all for disabled people who often scrape by on lower incomes and have far higher energy bills

Daily Mirror

Job-match trial for people with disability

Jobseekers with a disability will be connected with tourism operators in a 12-month trial as the federal government sets up its new jobs and skills body.

AAP

DWP shares new disability cost of living payment update ahead of due date in September

Approximately six million people that are on qualifying disability benefits will receive the extra £150 payment from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) from September 20.

Glasgow Live

DWP estimates more than half of people on legacy benefits will be £220 better off on Universal Credit

The discovery phase of the managed migration process to Universal Credit is now underway in six council areas.

Daily Record

Tourism jobs for Aussies with a disability

A 12-month program trial aims to connect people with a disability and tourism businesses looking for workers in a bid to close the employment gap.

AAP

Who can get the £150 cost of living payment and what date will it be paid?

Around 6 million people are eligible

The Independent UK

'I left school at 14 due to bullies - now I want to be first disabled Miss Great Britain'

Shannon McNally left school in Year 9 because of horrendous bullying - and even now she constantly gets challenged for "not looking disabled"

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Nottingham Post

Every DWP payment date for cost of living support up to Christmas

All the dates we know set out

The Independent UK

All the cost of living help available and how to get the payment

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a host of new measures after criticism the government was not doing enough to address economic hardship

Liverpool Echo

DWP issues new disability cost of living payment update ahead of due date this month

Eligible claimants will receive a £150 cash boost

ABC News

Disability care staff shortages prompts Riverland woman to consider moving interstate

Riverland resident Rebecca Cooper has a complex disability, and is considering moving interstate to access specialised support she cannot get in her home town.

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Daily Mirror

Determined dad donating own kidney to stranger in bid to save his beloved wife's life

Teddy Heard, 36, quit his job to care for his wife Sossa Starshine, 40, who needs a life-saving operation as her kidneys are shutting down because of renal disease

Daily Record

New petition calls for end to ‘degrading assessments’ for people claiming disability benefits including PIP

Campaigners want to see paper-based decisions made using only evidence from medical professionals.

Irish Mirror

Increase welfare and fuel payments to protect Irish households facing huge winter bills, say 42 groups and charities

They have written to government ahead of the 2023 Budget announcement in three weeks

Glasgow Live

All the DWP cost of living payment dates between now and the end of 2022

A range of financial support will be available to households across Scotland and the UK in the coming months to help ease the burden of the worsening cost of living crisis

Daily Record

DWP shares new £150 disability cost of living payment update ahead of due date later this month

Around six million people on qualifying benefits will receive the payment from September 20.

Wales Online

All the financial support available between now and Christmas

There will be a number of payments coming into your bank account over the next few months

Daily Record

Important case transfer update for people on PIP or DLA moving to new disability payment

More than 313,620 disability benefit claimants started transferring this summer.

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