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European Space Agency announces Brit Paralympian to become first ever disabled astronaut

Today in Paris, the European Space Agency unveiled unveiled their class of 2022, a 17 strong cohort of astronauts including three Brits and the first ever disabled astronaut

Daily Mirror

How do I claim Carer’s Allowance and can I get cost of living support?

Check your eligibility for certain types of benefits

The Independent UK

Afternoon Update: Labor stings RBA governor on wages remark; Friendlyjordies’ home ‘firebombed’; and the world’s oldest meal

RBA governor Philip Lowe says it is ‘best [to] avoid’ pushing wages up even as workers suffer real wage cut due to inflation

The Guardian - AU

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Labor drops plan to reduce access to disability pension for drug and alcohol-related conditions

Albanese government backs away from controversial change as part of once-in-a-decade review of disability pension eligibility criteria

The Guardian - AU

First Nations woman suffered shocking neglect for years, disability royal commission told

The disability royal commission hears of a woman who was given monthly injections of anti-psychotics and suffered shocking neglect over seven years in a facility, but received just one visit from the government agency that put her there.

ABC News

Chernobyl child born with half a body determined to live 'independently'

Tim Mason, born severely disabled to a mother affected by the world's worst nuclear disaster, shares his incredible story of determination and strength, eager to show the world that nothing holds him back.

Daily Mirror

Many people could receive a Cold Weather Payment this winter

The Government has published details of the scheme

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Full list of new DWP payment rates for millions on PIP, Universal Credit and other benefits

Benefits would be uprated from April 2023

Nottingham Post

NYPD lieutenant who nearly died of COVID wins fight for disability pension

NEW YORK — A New York Police Department lieutenant who nearly lost his life battling a COVID-19 infection he caught on the job has won his fight to retire with a disability pension.

Tribune News Service

Cost of living payments 2023, who is eligible and how much are they worth

There will be another round of cost of living payments issued. to millions across the country this year. Here is who will receive them and how much you will receive...

Glasgow Live

Terminally ill Canberra mother spends last days 'fighting' NDIS

"By the time it gets through that whole process, often the person is dead"

The Canberra Times

Who is eligible for the new £900, £300 and £150 cost of living payments?

Jeremy Hunt announced extra cost of living payments as part of the Autumn statement

The Independent UK

Uni online study shutdown 'discriminatory'

Disability groups and student organisations have raised concerns about a move to restrict online learning through universities.

AAP

Millions more to need benefits as recession woes bear down

The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts a 13.4 per cent rise in people placed on health and disability benefits

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Canadian man applies for euthanasia because he can’t afford a home but reconsiders after $60,000 GoFundMe

Man said he prefered euthanasia to homelessness

Daily Mirror

Long-term sick who struggle to work set to surpass one million within two years

The small print of the Office for Budget Responsibility report published alongside Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement shows the bill for more sickness and disability benefits will cost £7.5billion a year.

Daily Mirror

British war hero had disability benefit withdrawn - because his wife is Dutch

Heartless DWP officials says if Jim Peters wants the Personal Independence Payment he must get it from Holland despite his service to Britain

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DWP: Who is eligible for the new £900, £300 and £150 cost of living payments

If you receive certain benefit payments, are a pensioner, or get disability benefits, you will receive extra money from the Government to help with bills

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Daily Record

People on certain benefits may qualify for 40 hours free driving lessons this winter

Learner drivers will still need to pay for the costs of the theory and practical driving tests.

Wales Online

DWP benefit rates from April including State Pension, Universal Credit, Income Support and PIP

Millions of people across the UK are in receipt of some form of State Pension or benefit

Nottingham Post

State Pension, PIP, Universal Credit and other DWP payment rates from April 2023

Full list of DWP payments that are going up by 10.1% - and what the new amounts will likely be

Edinburgh Live

Updated DWP payment rates from April 2023 for State Pension, PIP, Universal Credit and more benefits

The changes to the benefits that people will receive will change from April of next year and comes after Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement which he delivered on Thursday (November 17).

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'Disabled people need financial protections to help raise our living standards'

Anna Morell, from Disability Rights UK, says four of the fourteen million disabled people in this country lived in poverty before the cost of living crisis - and that figure is not going down

Daily Record

People on highest PIP or DLA awards set for monthly payment rise to £691 next April

Adult and Child Disability Payment rates will also rise by 10.1% next year.

Daily Record

People on Carer’s Allowance will not qualify for new £900 cost of living payment next year

Unpaid carers are not directly eligible for the newly announced financial support payment.

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