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People making new claim for PIP-style benefit will see 13 important changes from DWP process

Adult Disability Payment has now replaced PIP for new claims in Scotland.

Daily Record

Best podcasts of the week: Meghan Markle’s Archetypes makes its right royal entrance

In this week’s newsletter: Close friend Serena Williams joins Markle for the intimate debut of her long-awaited show. Plus: five of the best podcasts on disability

The Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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Six million people to receive DWP £150 emergency payment

The DWP has confirmed that anyone that is eligible for the payment will automatically receive it from September 20

Liverpool Echo

Aussies with disability 'answer to crisis'

People living with a disability are the answer to workforce shortages across the nation, Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott says.

AAP

Lanarkshire MSP welcomes arrival of Scottish Government's Adult Disability Payment

Neil Gray says 'no longer will those with disabilities need to be subjected to intrusive and degrading assessments'.

Daily Record

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

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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

Older people with any of these health issues could be due up to £369 each month

People of State Pension age claiming Attendance Allowance will receive either £247.40 or £369.60 every four weeks.

Daily Record

West Bank unrest weighs on Palestinian doctors

Nablus (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Doctors in the occupied West Bank are struggling to save Palestinians from permanent disability after being shot in an upsurge of violence linked to Israeli raids targeting Palestinian militants.

AFP

DWP issues Winter Fuel Payment update as some claimants qualify for £300 boost

The Department for Work and Pensions has issued an update regarding the Winter Fuel Payment and one-off £300 Pensioner Cost of Living Payment and has revealed payment rates

Glasgow Live

Disability benefits for millions ‘to be rendered worthless’ by soaring energy bills

Exclusive: Charities warn disabled households are among hardest hit by energy crisis, which could see 91% of their benefits eaten by cost of bills

The Independent UK

People claiming PIP will never need to report any of these six changes to DWP

Not every change in circumstances will affect your entitlement to PIP.

Daily Record

Employers headed to jobs summit urged to consider people with a disability to solve farm worker shortage

Employers headed to the national jobs and skills summit in Canberra are urged to stop overlooking jobseekers with a disability as they attempt to solve farm worker shortages.

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Newcastle Herald

Billions spent on welfare bureaucracy that evidence indicates is not doing the job

Something amiss with social housing

ABC News

People living with multiple sclerosis join growing chorus for reforms to 'clearly broken' NDIS

People living with multiple sclerosis are joining calls for urgent reforms to the "broken" NDIS system that's left many with either not enough funding or none at all amid a lack of awareness of their neurological condition.

Newcastle Herald

Parent with disability raises 'poverty trap' fears in Hunter's public housing system

Ms Moorhouse, 45, was served an eviction notice on a private rental earlier this year and has struggled to find a home suited to their needs and those of their two teen daughters who live with autism.

ABC News

99 per cent of rentals out of reach for Australians on disability pension, royal commission hears

Less than 1 per cent of rental properties in Australia are affordable for people on the disability pension, the royal commission into disability hears.

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Daily Record

People of State Pension age can quickly check if they qualify for up to £600 energy bill help

Eligible pensioner households will receive an extra £300 on top of Winter Fuel Payments this year.

Daily Record

Boost your income before October energy price hike by checking for extra benefits and discounts

To combat the cost of living crisis make sure you are maximising your income and not missing out.

Roll Call

Progress? Certainly. But has the Americans with Disabilities Act changed the country enough? - Roll Call

Mary C. Curtis examines the effectiveness of the Americans with Disability Act through the lens of equity and what more can be done.

The Independent UK

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

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

The Guardian - AU

Disabled person pushed to brink of homelessness after eviction from house needing repairs, inquiry told

Nik Moorhouse offered unsuitable public housing after being forced to leave private rental, disability royal commission hears

The Hindu

Day of joy, celebration for differently-abled couples at a mass wedding in Udaipur

Most of the couples, hailing from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, underwent free disability corrective surgery at the Narayan Seva Sansthan hospital

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