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The cost of living payments coming in 2023 and 2024 worth up to £1,350

The money is on top of the roughly £60 a month people are getting towards their energy bills

Wales Online

DWP response to PIP petition calling for benefit to be awarded without health assessments

So far more than 23,000 people have signed the online petition, which means the UK Government will need to offer an official response.

Nottingham Post

Older people on PIP claiming State Pension set to receive up to £1,506 each month from April

PIP awards do not end when you reach retirement age and claim your State Pension.

Daily Record

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Commentary: Climate change efforts won’t work if they exclude people with disabilities

At the recent United Nations climate negotiations in Egypt, disability activists urged governments to include people with disabilities in their plans to address climate change. In response, the member states adopted an “overarching decision” and a climate action plan that reference the disability community. But those steps still fall short…

Los Angeles Times

New PIP petition calling for benefit to be awarded without an assessment due official response

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently rejected a similar petition which called for a full review into how PIP is delivered.

Edinburgh Live

DWP confirms payment schedule for new cost of living cash support for 8m households starts this Spring

Details of how many instalments the £900 means-tested payment will be split into have also been announced.

Daily Record

PIP claimants with any of these 21 health conditions may be eligible for £627 per month

If you have one (or more) of these 21 health conditions, then you could be able to claim PIP - Personal Independence Payment. In Scotland, there are currently around 330,000 claimants.

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Some households can get their council tax bill slashed to ZERO - all the help explained

Council Tax is one of those bills where discounts can be offered depending on your personal circumstances with some households potentially eligible to receive up to a 100% discount

Daily Mirror

Older people with any of these health conditions could be due up to £369 each month

People of State Pension age claiming Attendance Allowance will receive either £61.85 or £92.40 every week from DWP.

Daily Record

New PIP petition calling for benefit to be awarded without an assessment due official response

The proposal has received more than 23,500 signatures of support.

Daily Record

Horror tattoo bungle leaves woman blind after eye-inking goes wrong

The district court in Warsaw, Poland, has found Piotr A. guilty of causing permanent disability to Aleksandra Sadowska, who got her eyes tattooed at his studio in 2017

Daily Mirror

Full list of 13 benefits and payments only available to people in Scotland this year

Make sure you start 2023 by claiming all the financial support you are entitled to.

Daily Record

Nottinghamshire healthcare worker wins award for making 'huge difference' in learning disability service

Helen Watkinson, Operational Manager, has been awarded the Chief Nursing Officer Gold Award at the Learning Disability (LD) Symposium 2022.

Nottingham Post

Discrimination complaints surge in US schools in 2022

The majority of complaints allege discrimination based on disability, race or sex.

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Liverpool Echo

All the Universal Credit and other benefit changes coming in 2023

Benefit and pension rates 2023 to 2024 and other changes

Manchester Evening News

DWP cost of living payments of up to £1,350 to be sent to eligible households in 2023

The Department of Work and Pensions says payments of £900, £300 and £150 will be sent out to eligible groups next year

Edinburgh Live

The important DWP dates and money changes to be aware of in 2023

These are the key dates and money changes people on Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits need to be aware of when it comes to their finances next year.

Daily Record

New Tax Credits payment rates and thresholds for 2m people from April

Working Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits are set to change as part of the annual benefits uprating.

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Glasgow Live

The cost of living payments coming in 2023 that are worth up to £1,350

Those on qualifying benefits will receive payments of either £150, £300, £900 or potentially all three next year, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Daily Record

Claim PIP for 87 muscle or joint conditions and you could get up to £156 each week tax-free

If you are living with any of these musculoskeletal conditions you may be eligible for PIP.

Chronicle Live

DWP announces £1,350 cash boost for millions able to claim new cost of living payments

Millions of people on benefits could be entitled to as much as £1,350 in extra support payments from next year

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'My New Year wish is for society to stop being ignorant towards those like me'

People without disabilities have no business asking about one's disabilities or offering to pray for them, but what they can do is speak up to forge a fairer society, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

ABC News

Queensland government invests $12m to make holiday destinations more accessible to visitors living with disabilities

Travel can be difficult for people living with disabilities, but Queensland wants to change that with accessibility upgrades and awareness-raising across the state's holiday destinations.

Daily Record

New disability payment replacing PIP may include ‘informal observations’ during the consultation

Adult Disability Payment has now replaced PIP for new claimants living in Scotland.

Nottingham Post

Key DWP dates for 2023 including changes to Universal Credit, ESA and JSA

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