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One in three ‘could struggle to achieve minimum living standards in retirement’

Scottish Widows’ national retirement forecast has been created to assess the potential retirement outcomes for people aged 22 to 65.

The Independent UK

Charity warns £150 cost of living payment ‘won’t touch the sides’ for millions of people on disability benefits

More than six million people will receive the one-off payment of £150 between now and July 4.

Daily Record

‘All that hard work has just gone up in smoke’ Charity shop manager devastated after store destroyed in fire

Emergency services were called to the incident early on Friday morning

Wales Online

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Scope says the media must stop 'destructive disability narrative' - and I agree

These dangerous narratives ignore how the welfare system fails disabled people and the struggles we face

Daily Mirror

Meet the cash-strapped Brits who face choosing between heating and BREATHING

Sulaiman has so far had just £150 help from the Government – despite charities estimating disabled people are paying £12,000 a year in extra costs

Daily Mirror

'The Coronation was an attempt to appease struggling class - we can't let it be'

When people are struggling to live we must do more to help them than offer them entertainment in the form of pageantry

Daily Mirror

Disabled people facing a ‘cost-of-breathing’ crisis due to high energy bills

Disabled households need an additional £975 a month to have the same standard of living as non-disabled households, charity says

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Disabled people facing cost-of-breathing crisis amid energy bills, TV ad warns

Disability charity Scope said disabled households need an additional £975 a month to have the same standard of living as non-disabled households.

The Independent UK

Nottingham charity shop sees a surge in customers and helps volunteers 'turn their life around'

"We do so much just by being on the shop floor, you never know what people are going through."

Nottingham Post

Brits claiming DWP disability benefits issued £1,122 cost of living warning

Scope found that disabled households need to find an extra £12,000 a year to achieve the same standard of living compared to non-disabled households due to the cost of living crisis

Daily Mirror

DWP PIP and DLA claimants issued monthly cost of living warning

A charity has called for action tackle the additional costs of living with a disability

Nottingham Post

Men's Guinness World Record in doubt following ' judging mix up'

Martin Pritchard-Howarth and Branwell Spencer were dressed as 3D flowers at the London Marathon

Liverpool Echo

Seven tech insights spotted at Paris-Roubaix 2023

From tyre pressure systems to old-school chainrings, here's what Cycling Weekly saw at the race

Cycling Weekly

Welfare reforms will leave ‘gaping chasm’ with 600,000 at risk of losing out

Think tanks have warned that someone who does not have a long-term disability will not necessarily qualify for PIP.

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Daily Record

New measures to boost workforce participation for benefit claimants, over-50s and long-term sick or disabled on way

The Treasury has announced new steps to boost workforce participation ahead of this week’s Budget.

The Independent UK

Budget to encourage over-50s, disabled and benefits claimants back into work

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will use his first Budget to address the drop in the UK’s labour force participation.

The Guardian - UK

Russia could run out of money next year, says oligarch Oleg Deripaska

Western sanctions are causing serious pressure, with budget deficit forecast to jump

The Guardian - UK

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Four English councils bring half of legal actions for blue badge misuse

Two-thirds of local authorities did not prosecute anyone for disabled parking scheme fraud, data reveals

The Independent UK

Four local authorities account for majority of blue badge misuse prosecutions

Councils in England took legal action against 698 people for abusing the disabled parking badge system in 12 months.

Daily Record

New calls for social energy tariff to help older people, low-income households and those on disability benefits

Seven in 10 people aged over 60 support a social energy tariff for low-income households.

Wales Online

New lower energy bills could be used for low-income, elderly and vulnerable

24% of over-60s are living in homes which are colder than they would like them to be, rising to 27% for older people with a disability

The Independent UK

Charities and organisations call for social energy tariff

They warn that many older and disabled people are facing an uncertain future as they grapple with unaffordable energy bills.

Daily Mirror

Mum and dad go without food to meet 3-year-old son's needs as energy bills soar

The Peets, who live in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, are struggling to pay their £200-a-month electricity and gas bill as they keep Nathan's vital machines running

The Independent UK

Disability benefit assessment proposals are utterly unworkable, says charity

The system used to assess eligibility for the sickness benefits could be scrapped, according to newspaper reports.

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