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'I left school at 14 due to bullies - now I want to be first disabled Miss Great Britain'

Shannon McNally left school in Year 9 because of horrendous bullying - and even now she constantly gets challenged for "not looking disabled"

Wales Online · Sep 6, 2022

Every DWP payment date for cost of living support up to Christmas

All the dates we know set out

Nottingham Post · Sep 6, 2022

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 · Sep 6, 2022

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DWP issues new disability cost of living payment update ahead of due date this month

Eligible claimants will receive a £150 cash boost

Liverpool Echo · Sep 6, 2022

Disability care staff shortages prompts Riverland woman to consider moving interstate

Riverland resident Rebecca Cooper has a complex disability, and is considering moving interstate to access specialised support she cannot get in her home town.

ABC News · Sep 6, 2022

Determined dad donating own kidney to stranger in bid to save his beloved wife's life

Teddy Heard, 36, quit his job to care for his wife Sossa Starshine, 40, who needs a life-saving operation as her kidneys are shutting down because of renal disease

Daily Mirror · Sep 5, 2022

New petition calls for end to ‘degrading assessments’ for people claiming disability benefits including PIP

Campaigners want to see paper-based decisions made using only evidence from medical professionals.

Daily Record · Sep 5, 2022

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Increase welfare and fuel payments to protect Irish households facing huge winter bills, say 42 groups and charities

They have written to government ahead of the 2023 Budget announcement in three weeks

Irish Mirror · Sep 5, 2022

All the DWP cost of living payment dates between now and the end of 2022

A range of financial support will be available to households across Scotland and the UK in the coming months to help ease the burden of the worsening cost of living crisis

Glasgow Live · Sep 5, 2022

DWP shares new £150 disability cost of living payment update ahead of due date later this month

Around six million people on qualifying benefits will receive the payment from September 20.

Daily Record · Sep 5, 2022

All the financial support available between now and Christmas

There will be a number of payments coming into your bank account over the next few months

Wales Online · Sep 5, 2022

Important case transfer update for people on PIP or DLA moving to new disability payment

More than 313,620 disability benefit claimants started transferring this summer.

Daily Record · Sep 5, 2022

The entire list of the cost of living payments to be sent out between September to Christmas

The additional payments will be made to people claiming certain benefits to help with energy bills, rising inflation and ever-increasing prices on food and petrol

Wales Online · Sep 4, 2022

Disability swim camps putting athletes like Declan Budd on a path to the Paralympics

Youths living with disability are proving how access to swimming lessons and coaches can change their lives and create new goals and aspirations.

ABC News · Sep 4, 2022

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AAP · Sep 4, 2022

Summit reforms apply to disability pension

People on the disability pension will be able to work extra hours without losing their benefits under changes to help boost the labour market.

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2022

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

ABC News · Sep 2, 2022

Disability royal commission examines conditions inside Supported Residential Services

The daughter of a woman who lay dead for more than two hours on the ground of a supported residential service calls for changes to the system that "failed" her mother, after giving devastating evidence at the disability royal commission.

Liverpool Echo · Sep 2, 2022

Every DWP cost of living payment between September and Christmas

The package includes a £400 discount on energy bills

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Daily Mirror · Sep 2, 2022

Dis Life: 'Most schools are failing disabled pupils - we don't need no education'

Disability campaigner Anna Morell says when Tony Blair came to power, his mantra was education, education, education - but we know that education budgets have been squeezed for well over a decade

Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2022

Disability charity Scope sees five-fold surge in people needing help with soaring energy bills

Ajay, a Londoner with spinal muscular atrophy, told the Standard of his worries around rising energy bills and what this means for disabled Britons

Chronicle Live · Sep 2, 2022

First DWP cost of living payment of £326 being paid from today - see who is eligible

More than one million people on Tax Credits will be getting a payment into their bank account over the coming days

Daily Record · Sep 2, 2022

Energy-saving home improvement grants of up to £5,000 could help reduce winter fuel bills

Changes to eligibility criteria for the Warmer Homes Scotland scheme could see an extra 110,000 households save money this winter.

The Guardian - AU · Sep 2, 2022

Disability royal commission hears of abuse, neglect and fraud in supported residential system

Victorian facility did not breach legislation for failing to afford woman dignity by declaring she was no longer technically a resident because she had died

Wales Online · Sep 2, 2022

First £326 Cost of Living Payment to land in bank accounts from today for those on tax credits

The Government is issuing extra help to some people

Chronicle Live · Sep 2, 2022

Every DWP cost of living payment due to be issued before Christmas

Payments will be landing in accounts this month and over winter and so to help households understand which payment is being made and when, we've compiled a full list

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