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Liz Kendall to overhaul DWP’s assessment for disability benefits

Work and pensions secretary calls for groups to engage as she scraps capability assessment and overhauls Pip application

The Guardian - UK

Review of Pip disability benefits under way, minister says

Liz Kendall said the DWP would be meeting with disabled people and organisations as she looks to tighten eligibility for the benefit.

The Independent UK

'Up to 100 Labour MPs' warn Keir Starmer of rebellion on sweeping benefit cuts

AS many as 100 Labour MPs have signed a letter warning Keir Starmer that they will not support sweeping cuts to disability benefits ...

The National (Scotland)

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Almost half of Victorian male inmates have a brain injury. For Michael, diagnosis was the first step to a new life

Legal experts argue that the system that is supposed to be providing justice is effectively criminalising disability instead

The Guardian - AU

Organisations urge Prime Minister to tackle ‘root causes’ of poor mental health

A letter also raises concerns that cuts to disability benefits will not address the issue, but rather make it worse.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer faces massive Labour rebellion over 'impossible to support' cuts

KEIR Starmer has been warned by more than 40 Labour MPs that planned disability cuts are “impossible to support” as the Prime Minister faces the…

The National (Scotland)

Disability benefit cuts impossible to support, 42 Labour MPs tell Starmer

Exclusive: Backbenchers sign letter calling for change in direction on plans expected to be put to vote next month

The Guardian - UK

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Tell us: how will Labour’s planned disability welfare cuts affect you?

We want to hear from people who will be affected by Labour’s planned changes to disability welfare payments

The Guardian - UK

Don't Let Chronic Illness Drain Your Retirement Savings

If you have a chronic illness, you know that the proper care can be expensive and, in many cases, lifelong. Here's how to get the healthcare you need in retirement.

Kiplinger

Disability benefit cuts to hit 700,000 families already in poverty, DWP forecasts show

Exclusive: Internal government forecasts obtained by the Guardian reveal ‘truly shocking’ effects of planned cuts

The Guardian - UK

Starmer warned benefit cuts could be ‘as toxic’ as axing winter fuel allowance as 800,000 miss out

Exclusive: Sir Keir has already faced a fierce backlash over PIP cuts, with left-wingers vowing to vote against the changes when put before parliament

The Independent UK

A model employer no more? Disabled workers question the federal government's commitment to inclusion

Layoffs of disabled workers across the federal government are raising questions about its commitment to inclusion

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer Left Red-Faced as Disability Charity Blocks Local Labour Office Over Benefit Cuts

Sir Keir Starmer has taken a symbolic blow in his backyard after a plan to move his local Labour Party into a new office building in Holborn and St Pancras was quietly scrapped.

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No 10 rethinking winter fuel payment cut after Labour slump in local elections

Exclusive: government fears further electoral losses from unpopular policy as well as from planned £5bn of benefits cuts

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Who is Ali France, the Labor candidate who has unseated Peter Dutton in Dickson?

The 49-year-old disability advocate is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election

Salon

Medicaid saved their lives

People who depend on the health care program are worried about Republican plans to slash federal spending

The Independent UK

Rising health-related benefit claims not linked to NHS waiting lists

The Government has announced a series of welfare reforms to get people back into work

The Independent UK

NHS waiting lists ‘not a driver for rise in health-related benefit claims’

Figures show that the number of working-age adults in England claiming health-related benefits has risen by about 40%

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Leading disability rights campaigner tears apart Labour's 'immoral' cuts

LABOUR'S proposed benefit cuts are "immoral" and "counterproductive", according to a leading disability rights campaigner.

Kiplinger

Advisers, Take Note: How 2025 Social Security Changes May Impact Your Clients

What financial advisers might need to know to help their clients navigate Social Security in 2025.

The Conversation

The UK’s social security system falls way below international human rights standards: new report

The right to social security is enshrined in several international agreements on human rights. But the UK’s system – even before the disability benefits cuts announced earlier this year – falls way below these standards.

The Guardian - UK

Disabled staff among about 70 Scope employees to lose their jobs

Charity set to reduce its workforce by more than a fifth this year amid mounting financial pressures

The Guardian - UK

Wales and north of England face disability cuts ‘double whammy’

Policy in Practice analysis shows twice as many people affected in north-east, north-west and Wales than in London and south-east

The Guardian - US

Autistic people and experts voice alarm at RFK’s ‘terrible’ approach to condition

Health secretary is planning wide-ranging monitoring of autistic people’s health record and cuts to disability services

The National (Scotland)

'Important milestone' as SNP launch new disability benefit across Scotland

THE Scottish Government has opened nationwide applications for a new benefit payment ...

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