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Dis Life: 'Good news from the land of Disabled people - and three times in one week!'

There has been some lovely visible success for Disabled people in TV and film recently. Elsewhere, everything else is, as ever, still an unholy mess

Daily Mirror · Mar 16, 2023

Major Universal Credit change announced which could impact disabled claimants

The Chancellor has called the initiative the "biggest change to our welfare system in a decade"

Manchester Evening News · Mar 16, 2023

New DWP changes announced in Budget could see support for 650,000 people on benefits cut back

The welfare reforms aim to help more people claiming sickness and disability into work.

Daily Record · Mar 16, 2023

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Seniors with anxiety frequently don’t get help. Here’s why

Anxiety is the most common psychological disorder affecting adults in the U.S. In older people, it’s associated with considerable distress as well as ill health, diminished quality of life, and elevated rates of disability.

Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023

DWP issue warning to millions of Universal Credit claimants after budget announcement

The changes include a new white paper on disability benefits, which will remove the controversial workplace capability assessment

Nottingham Post · Mar 16, 2023

Married couple illegally claimed £1million in benefits and bought FIVE properties

Emmanuel Bay, 68, and Nancy Bay, 67, from Brixton, south London, fraudulently received £1 million in disability benefits between 1999 and 2018 and bought five properties

Daily Mirror · Mar 15, 2023

Budget 2023: ‘650,000 including surgery patients could lose support under welfare reforms’

A think tank has said reforms must be implemented slowly as there will be ‘significant winners but also losers’

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2023

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‘650,000 including surgery patients could lose support under welfare reforms’

A think tank has said reforms must be implemented slowly as there will be ‘significant winners but also losers’.

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Pensioners illegally claimed £1m in disability benefits for 20 years and bought five properties

The fraudsters no longer needed the payments but carried on receiving them

Wales Online · Mar 15, 2023

Hunt’s disability plans put 1 million people at risk of losing £350 a month, IFS says

Charities and disability campaigners say chancellor’s budget proposals are more ‘stick than carrot’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2023

What are Jeremy Hunt’s benefits changes and when do they start?

The chancellor aimed the Budget at boosting employment by getting people back into work

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Woman accuses Singapore Airlines of discriminating against her for being amputee

‘I was really upset and hurt and felt like I was being vilified for my disability in front of all of these people’

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Government told it must win trust of disabled people on back-to-work plan

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said people on disability benefits can look for work ‘without fear of losing financial support’.

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

New plan could see people get extra £650 cost of living payment

The proposals could see millions of people in line for extra support

Wales Online · Mar 15, 2023

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Daily Mirror · Mar 15, 2023

'People said they only went on pity dates with me because I'm deaf - then I met fiance on Tinder'

Having a disability can make navigating the world trickier than for non-disabled people, including dating. Lily Azeez shared how she faced discrimination on dates until she met the love of her life

Daily Record · Mar 15, 2023

Young people caring for someone with a disability urged to claim annual payment worth nearly £360

The Young Carer Grant is for those aged 16, 17 or 18 who provide up to 16 hours of care each week.

Daily Record · Mar 15, 2023

New cost of living payment warning to people due money over next few months

Millions of people are set to receive payments worth up to £1,350 in 2023/24.

Bristol Post · Mar 15, 2023

DWP: Extra £650 Cost of Living payment for PIP claimants under new plan

Two petitions will be debated by MPs in parliament in May

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Nottingham Post · Mar 15, 2023

Cost of living support for people on disability benefits including PIP set for debate in Parliament

Marsha De Cordova MP, a member of the Petitions Committee, has been asked to open the debate on May 22 where MPs from all parties can take part, and the UK Government will send a minister to respond.

Nottingham Post · Mar 15, 2023

DWP confirms more than 8m families to get first £301 cost of living payment in Spring

After confirming the schedule for five cost of living payments through the 2023/24 financial year, the DWP detailed in Parliament last month more detail on the support

Chronicle Live · Mar 14, 2023

DWP cost of living payment: When to expect the first part of the £900 scheme and who is not entitled to the money

Not everyone will receive the £900 means-tested cost of living support payment when it is paid in the spring

The National (Scotland) · Mar 14, 2023

SNP MP shocked as journalist brands her 'the one with the crutch'

SNP MP Amy Callaghan, who suffered a brain haemorrhage in mid-2020 and spent four months in hospital, has hit out at a journalist ...

Tribune News Service · Mar 14, 2023

In historic shift, Minnesota pushes to abolish subminimum wages for people with disabilities

Todd Beck once thought he would spend his entire career sorting through metal garbage at a warehouse-like center in northern Minnesota where he was paid based on how quickly he emptied barrels of discarded tin.

Daily Record · Mar 14, 2023

Disability benefits could provide support of up to £627 each month for people with dementia

Family members of 944,000 people with dementia should be aware of financial help available.

Bristol Post · Mar 14, 2023

DWP cost of living payment schedule for 2023/24 and eligibility rules

More details are expected to be announced around the £37 billion cost of living package

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