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Food bank charity hands out emergency parcel every 13 seconds as demand soars

The Trussell Trust has voiced its alarm after recording a 50% rise in demand for emergency food parcels compared to pre-pandemic levels, and a 29% increase on last year

Daily Mirror

Check if you qualify for new PIP-style benefit online as it opens in seven more areas this week

Adult Disability Payment starts in Fife, Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Moray, North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire or South Ayrshire on July 25.

Daily Record

Scots can claim £1,800 to help pay for burial or cremation costs up to six months after funeral

Social Security Scotland aims to make a decision on claims for the Funeral Support Payment within 10 days.

Daily Record

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Decades after foster care, she learned she was owed benefits. Where did the money go?

After reading an investigation by NPR and the Marshall Project, former foster youth are asking what happened to their benefits — and the government isn't helping.

WEKU

Scottish benefits system branded 'expensive disaster' as IT costs soar to £250m

EXCLUSIVE: Parts of the social security system were devolved to Holyrood following the 2014 referendum but the roll-out has been marred by delays and cost overruns.

Daily Record

Scotland's never-ending IT bill for social security system is outrageous

The cost of Scotland's social security system is soaring while the most marginalised among us continue to suffer, says Record View.

Daily Record

Domestic violence victim-survivor and mother of three left without Centrelink payments after perpetrator exploited system

Flaws in system need fixing so people leaving violent partners don’t end up in poverty, survivors say

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New disability payment replacing PIP in seven council areas next week involves no private sector assessments

Applications for Adult Disability Payment will open in Fife, Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Moray, North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire or South Ayrshire on July 25.

Daily Record

The Tory leadership candidates’ voting records from Brexit to LGBT rights

While most have voted in line with the Conservative whip, we look at what the remaining candidates have supported and opposed

The Independent UK

The Tory leadership candidates’ voting records from Brexit to LGBT rights

While most have voted in line with the Conservative whip, we look at what the remaining candidates have supported and opposed

The Independent UK

Tory back-to-work benefits crackdown lacks proper evidence says DWP's own watchdog

The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) said the government had rushed through tighter rules for unemployed people without proper evidence after a rule change by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Daily Mirror

New and existing PIP claimants may see changes to Motability Scheme start this summer

Over 650,000 customers across the UK currently benefit from the options and independence offered by the Motability charity.

Daily Record

Adult Disability Payment award review dates will be determined by six key factors

People of working age with a disability or long-term health condition in Fife, Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Moray, North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire or South Ayrshire can apply from July 25.

Daily Record

The Tory leadership candidates’ voting records from Brexit to LGBT rights

While most have voted in line with the Conservative whip, we look at what the remaining candidates have supported and opposed

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GOP takes a fresh look at paid family leave

Without a federal right to abortion, some Republicans eye aid for new paren.

The Guardian - UK

Spanish response to COVID poverty was too little, too late, report says

Human Rights Watch says pandemic exacerbated weaknesses in country’s social security system

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: With a noxious family leave proposal, GOP pretends it's still pro-women despite antiabortion laws

Having achieved its long-held goal of eviscerating women's reproductive health rights, the Republican Party is now hard at work pretending that it's about to enter a new era of pro-women and pro-family policy.

Daily Record

PIP review update for people due to move to new benefit while coming to end of award

Existing PIP claimants will start to transfer to the new benefits system this summer.

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The Independent UK

Tory leadership: What are the candidates’ voting records? From Brexit to LGBT rights

While most have voted in line with the Tory whip we look at what the remaining candidates have supported and opposed

Bangkok Post

Domestic workers have rights too

'I have many Thai domestic worker friends who are 50 to 60 years old. They have worked since they were in their late teens or early twenties. This is their occupation. They have jobs and employers like other workers do. But the government has excluded domestic workers from receiving social…

Daily Record

New benefit replacing PIP in seven areas this month aims to get award decisions right first time

Existing PIP claimants will start to transfer to the new benefits system this summer.

The Conversation

Do Australians pay too much income tax? 6 charts on how we rank against the rest of the world

Australians pay too much income tax – or so some argue.

Salon

Marco Rubio's "cruel" paid leave plan

"The surviving spouse will have to send a big fat check to the SSA," explained policy analyst Matt Bruenig

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Why is this foul-mouthed enemy of Social Security receiving a presidential honor?

The 17 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom named recently by the Biden White House are, by and large, distinguished Americans deserving of the nation’s highest civilian honor.

Daily Record

People claiming new PIP-style payment may also qualify for wide range of benefit top-ups and discounts

An award for Adult Disability Payment could lead to travel discounts and Council Tax reductions.

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