The Latest Breaking News from Disability

People on PIP, Adult Disability Payment or DLA to receive up to £691 each month from April

Adult and Child Disability Payment rates for Scots will also rise by 10.1% this year.

Daily Record · Jan 5, 2023

People of State Pension age could be due up to £1,051 in cost of living payments this year

A further payment for £299 will be made to eligible older people in Spring 2024.

Daily Record · Jan 5, 2023

Some council tax discounts which could slash bill to zero

It was announced in Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement that local councils across England and Wales could increase council tax by 5 per cent without needing a referendum.

Nottingham Post · Jan 5, 2023

DWP shares new plans for future disability benefit assessments in response to PIP petition

The petition proposed that PIP be awarded based on medical evidence without an assessment.

Daily Record · Jan 4, 2023

Disabled people in UK unable to afford heating, food: Report

Soaring inflation has forced disabled people already beset by lower incomes to cut back on essentials, study says.

Al Jazeera · Jan 4, 2023

DWP Cost of Living payment changes for 2023 including Universal Credit and energy discounts

Millions of households across the UK are facing increasing costs with the likes of energy and shopping bills rising. And to help, people are being issued payments to ease any strain.

Glasgow Live · Jan 4, 2023

Meet RTE Operation Transformation 2023 group as final leader revealed ahead of show return

Marie, 32, lives with her mum Angela in Cashel, Co Tipperary and works part time as an SNA with children living with disability

Irish Mirror · Jan 4, 2023

48% of disabled adults have had to cut back on energy use, think-tank finds

Around two-fifths of people with a disability said they could not afford to keep their home warm, the Resolution Foundation said.

The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2023

'DWP should have some clear resolutions and goals to help disabled people in 2023'

Journalist Rachel Charlton-Dailey says last year was a spectacularly horrific time for disabled people under the Department of Works and Pensions - and makes some suggestions for 2023

Daily Mirror · Jan 3, 2023

DWP cash boost with state pensioners claiming PIP to receive up to £1,506 a month from April

Across the UK, some 486,940 older people are getting support through the disability payment.

Chronicle Live · Jan 3, 2023