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Social Security Administration Reverses Some Identity Verification Plans After Backlash

Under the revised policy, which will take effect on April 14 (instead of the original March 31 date), individuals applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Medicare, or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) will now be able to complete their applications over the phone, eliminating the need for an in-person visit.

International Business Times

Labour minister apologises for comparing disability benefit cuts to children’s pocket money

A Labour minister has apologised for comparing disability benefit cuts to children’s pocket money.

The Independent UK

Social Security Administration backtracks on some ID requirements after backlash

The Social Security Administration said Wednesday that people applying for Social Security Disability Insurance, Medicare, or Supplemental Security Income who are not able to use agency’s online portal, can complete their claim entirely over the phone instead of at an office

The Independent UK

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‘I could end up homeless’: weighing the damage after Rachel Reeves’s welfare cuts

A disabled man considers the potential impact that losing disability benefits could have on his life

The Guardian - UK

What is Motability and why is there controversy around the disability benefit?

The car lease scheme for disabled people has around 815,000 customers

The Independent UK

Stephen Flynn raises his own disability to challenge Labour on sweeping cuts

Stephen Flynn has spoken about his own experience with disability as he challenged the Prime Minister on Labour’s sweeping cuts to welfare…

The National (Scotland)

Spring statement: defence spending boosted as further disability benefit cuts announced – experts react

Not even six months on from Labour’s first budget, and the world is a much-changed place. Geopolitical tensions and uncertainties, already high last year, have risen further, and with them the cost of the UK’s debt, while economic growth has stalled. As such, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confronted an array…

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How Rachel Reeves’ welfare cuts will affect your benefits - and how much they’ll save

The chancellor has revealed how benefits will be changing for millions of claimants

The Independent UK

Protesters rail against Labour welfare cuts set to push 250,000 more into poverty

Protesters gathered outside Downing Street to demonstrate against Labour’s cuts to welfare

Evening Standard

Labour MPs urge Rachel Reeves to rethink cuts to health and disability benefits

Debbie Abrahams, who chairs the Work and Pensions Committee, questioned how ‘making people sicker and poorer’ would help the economy.

Evening Standard

Reeves warned welfare cuts will ‘push disabled into poverty’ ahead of spring statement

A disability advocate has warned that planned welfare cuts will push disabled people into poverty ahead of today’s spring statement.

The Independent UK

Kenya’s decision to make maths optional in high school is a bad idea – what should happen instead

Kenya’s education ministry announced in March 2025 that mathematics would be an optional subject in senior secondary school, which begins in grade 10. Most students in this grade are aged 15 years. The education minister said the mathematics taught from grade 4 to grade 9 was sufficient for foundational “numeracy…

The Conversation

Charities report rise in calls for help since welfare cuts announcement

Mind, Scope and Citizens Advice urged a rethink, as did a group of public health experts.

Evening Standard

Spring Statement 2025: What you can expect including taxes, benefits and spending cuts

The Chancellor is expected to reveal significant cuts to the Civil Service as well as unveil further details of the cuts to benefits and disability payments

Evening Standard

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Second Amendment Roundup: Attorney General to resume removal of disabilities

ATF is prohibited by appropriations riders from considering petitions.

The Independent UK

Shocking figures reveal UK spends double the defence budget on working age benefits

Analysis by The Independent has revealed the scale of Britain’s welfare bill to the taxpayer

The Independent UK

Welfare in numbers: The facts behind Britain’s soaring benefits bill

As Labour attempts to tighten Britain’s burgeoning welfare belt, Alicja Hagopian and David Maddox investigate the true cost of the welfare state

Evening Standard

Scope chair 'willing to resign' over speaking out against Labour Government's cuts to disability benefits

Writing for the Standard, Sir Robin Millar described the welfare reforms as ‘disgraceful’ and said Labour had lost its ‘moral direction’

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The Guardian - UK

‘I can’t sleep, I’m so scared’: disabled people face benefit cuts domino effect

Three people tell how knock-on impact of losing Pip on carer’s allowance and other benefits will affect their families

Evening Standard

OPINION - I'm the chair of disability charity Scope and I may be asked to step down for what I'm about to say

Last week, despite the strong objections of over 80 Labour backbench MPs, the government announced its decision to press ahead with £6 billion in savings by adjusting Personal Independence Payments. This follows the recent reduction in overseas aid. The justification? The need for rearmament and defense against unprecedented global threats.

Kiplinger

ABLE Account: A Savings Tool to Empower People With Disabilities

An ABLE account can improve quality of life for individuals with a disability — it permits tax-free saving for ongoing expenses without jeopardizing benefits.

The Guardian - UK

Motability: is it true that the disability scheme is taking UK taxpayers for a ride?

Understanding the rightwing backlash over the government scheme helping people with serious disabilities get a car

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: Why has the rightwing press turned on Motability?

In today’s newsletter: How a dubious ‘scandal’ about the scheme to help people with serious disabilities get a car made its way into the mainstream

The Guardian - AU

Coalition denies plans to slash NDIS, but says cost is ‘out of control’

Disability Advocacy Network urges politicians not to treat scheme as a ‘football to be punted around at the expense of people with disability’

The National (Scotland)

Inside story of Scottish Labour haemorrhaging activists amid disability cuts row

CAROLYNNE Hunter previously harboured ambitions to run as a Scottish Labour MSP.

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