The Latest Breaking News from Disability

Key money changes and one-off payments coming before the end of the year

There are some key dates you might want to stick in your diary, as payments land to help ease the cost of living crisis.

Chronicle Live · Feb 16, 2023

DWP providing over 36,200 people with diabetes up to £156 each week in financial help

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

Daily Record · Feb 16, 2023

Full list of benefits that miss out on £301 cost of living payment this spring

The £900 Cost of Living payment will be paid to around eight million households who are claiming benefits with the first instalment wroth £301 will be paid at some point this Spring

Daily Mirror · Feb 16, 2023

Deaf Nottinghamshire artist creates colourful exhibition to raise awareness on 'hidden disability'

'It's hard to explain what I want the future for deaf people to look like. I just want everything to be open and offered to us, for there to be equal opportunities for deaf people to achieve their dreams'

Nottingham Post · Feb 15, 2023

US military accused of obstruction over cancer linked to ‘forever chemicals’

Families fight for benefits after victims allegedly developed cancer from drinking water tainted by toxic PFAS at New Hampshire base

The Guardian - US · Feb 15, 2023

Parents urged to claim new child payment worth up to £627 each month to help cover extra costs

The devolved benefit is now supporting more than 54,700 children and young people across Scotland.

Daily Record · Feb 15, 2023

Assistance dog allowed at Murray Bridge High, after long battle with school

A South Australian high school will allow a student to have his disability assistance dog onsite, after his mother was told the dog was not welcome on school property.

ABC News · Feb 15, 2023

What employers can learn about disability inclusion from Fetterman's Senate accommodations

Employers must look at return-to-office plans through a disability inclusion lens, much as Congress has done in accommodating Sen. John Fetterman.

Fortune · Feb 14, 2023

Carers struggling to meet cost of living demands with little increase in government payments

The payment and allowances for carers has not increased in nearly a decade and advocates say it is pushing already exhausted carers into more stress and poverty.

ABC News · Feb 14, 2023

DWP £301 cost of living payment will not be paid to all benefit claimants

The DWP has explained why people on Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) will not be eligible for any of the means-tested payments

Chronicle Live · Feb 14, 2023