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Stop forcing terminally ill benefit claimants to prove illness, leading charities urge

Exclusive: The current system is ‘simply wrong’, more than 30 organisations write

The Independent UK

DWP criticised for PIP changes excluding young people under 25

Disability charities have said the plans penalise young people ‘because of their age’

The Independent UK

DWP announces Pip changes affecting all 4m claimants

Exclusive: The reforms will remove ‘unnecessary pressure’ from claimants, Labour minister says

The Independent UK

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DWP expands face-to-face PIP assessments despite staffing shortages in UK

Disability benefit claimants in the UK will face more in-person assessments as the Department for Work and Pensions aims for 30% face-to-face reviews. This shift, intended to improve accuracy, is hampered by a shortage of medical staff. Advocacy groups express concern over the burden on individuals with health issues, stressing…

The Times of India

A question for those desperate to cut benefits to fund defence: who exactly are you willing to impoverish?

George Robertson has joined Reform and the Tories in making the case. Look welfare recipients in the face and say that, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Ministers unveil ‘right to try’ plan to help disabled people find work

Threat of losing benefits will be lifted but campaigners say more help needed to tackle hostile workplaces

The Guardian - UK

‘Millions will be affected’ by the universal credit changes now in force

A key revision will cut health-related benefits in half for new claimants, but will save £1bn, according to the government

The Independent UK

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Universal credit health benefit reform sees cut for new claimants this week

From Monday, new claimants for the health element of universal credit (UC) will get a lower rate of £217.26 a month

The Independent UK

DWP gives new deadline for benefit claimants to make crucial switch

A key date has been moved back by at least several months

The Independent UK

Hundreds of disabled Londoners assigned work coaches to get them back into jobs

In a visit to Westminster job centre this week, disability minister Sir Stephen Timms met with people using the new Pathways to Work Advisers

Evening Standard

Government gives update on Pip review as claimants reach record high

Disabled people have been urged to share their views on the future of the Personal Independence Payment (Pip), Britain’s most-claimed health and disability benefit, as the review into the payment continues.

The Independent UK

Pip claimants in England and Wales hits new high of nearly four million

The number of claimants has almost doubled since comparable data began seven years ago.

The Independent UK

Leading disability charities issue warning about Motability cuts

Analysis suggests changes to scheme could add an average £400 to upfront fees for users

The Independent UK

Charities warn Labour’s PIP review must ‘earn the trust’ of disabled people

Exclusive: A group of over 50 charities and disabled person’s organisations warn that the review is ‘causing concern’

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Nigel Farage clashes with Government over scrapping the two-child benefit cap

Reform UK would use savings from not lifting the two-child cap to fund a rescue package for pubs

The Independent UK

Over half of DWP disability assessors quit in a year over feeling ‘despised’

Department for Work and Pensions reveals that health professions are leaving profession in droves

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s new welfare changes are practical and compassionate – so why not loudly say so?

Universal credit to rise faster than inflation, benefit hurdles eased, extra help for children and young people … I bet you had no idea, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Independent UK

MPs warn some disability claimants waiting more than a year for claims to be processed, damning report finds

Disabled claimants have come to expect ‘reliably poor service’ from the DWP, scathing review finds

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Evening Standard

Crackdown on rogue landlords renting out mouldy and unsafe homes to be expanded across London boroughs

A pilot scheme in Camden, to force landlords to improve properties in dismal conditions, is being rolled out to Barnet, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Waltham Forest, Havering, Lewisham, Tower Hamlets and Enfield

The Independent UK

DWP chief paves the way for more benefit cuts as Starmer warned over spending

The OBR projects that Labour has added £11bn on to public spending – largely to pay for welfare reversals

The Independent UK

‘I helped run the UK’s welfare system. Now it’s broken me’

Going to the Jobcentre was ‘my worst nightmare’, one former DWP adviser told The Independent

The Independent UK

DWP confirms when two major benefits will be scrapped

Labour minister Sir Stephen Timms has issued a message to Independent readers

The Independent UK

Labour gives latest update on PIP disability benefit review after U-turn

Sir Stephen Timms has commissioned a review on the personal independence payment (PIP)

Evening Standard

Two disability experts appointed to help lead Government review of major benefit

Sir Stephen Timms suggested disabled people would be placed ‘at the heart’ of the review he is undertaking into personal independent payments.

The Independent UK

No Pip eligibility changes at next month’s Budget, says minister

Sir Stephen Timms took a question about the Motability scheme, which personal independence payment claimants can use to lease a new vehicle.

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