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DWP benefits including Universal Credit to see five changes before Christmas

The updates include cost of living support grants, tougher work search rules and fast track rules

Liverpool Echo

Disabled workers earn £3,700 less per year than their peers as pay gap rises

New research by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) found the disability pay gap has increased to 17.2%, amounting to £2.05 per hour for someone working a 35 hour week

Daily Mirror

Lois Curtis, who won a landmark civil rights case for people with disabilities, died

Lois Curtis, an artist with an intellectual disability who brought a landmark civil rights lawsuit that gave people with disabilities the right to live outside of institutions, has died.

WEKU

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DWP answers 10 questions about cost of living payments including dates and affect on benefits

The Department for Work and Pensions has addressed questions about the cost of living payments, such as whether claiming benefits will have an impact on how much you can get

Chronicle Live

DWP boss declines to rule out means test changes for disability benefit claimants

People were left confused when the head of the DWP did not answer a question

Nottingham Post

Full list of cost of living and heating payments due to be issued before Christmas

Make sure you know exactly what money you are due and when to expect it.

Daily Record

Millions worse off if PIP and disability benefits are means-tested

DWP refuses to rule out several disability benefits becoming means tested

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Everyone is talking about the NDIS – we spoke to participants and asked them how to fix it

Last week’s budget revealed the rapidly escalating costs of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and rekindled fears among people with disability about its sustainability.

The Conversation

DWP shares new plan to help Universal Credit and ESA claimants with disability or health condition into work

The £1.3billion investment includes increasing Work Coach support in Jobcentres across the UK.

Daily Record

Dis Life: 'Disabled people are not a lump to be pitied under the disempowering 'V word''

"The Vulnerable" is a name better suited to a crap indie band than to a complex, fully-rounded community of people, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

Daily Mirror

Priest likens being gay to having a disability as he clashes with Joe Duffy on RTE Liveline show

The heavily-criticised clergyman has been removed from mass schedules after his bizarre rant over the weekend in Listowel.

Irish Mirror

Woman slammed for demanding that her boyfriend gets invited to her brother's wedding

After the woman went to the wedding with her partner, many people have accused her of being selfish and using her boyfriend's disability as a reason to defy her brother

Daily Mirror

DWP could means-test PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits

PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits could all be affected

Liverpool Echo

Thousands of people in last year of life to have disability benefits fast-tracked by DWP

The rule change will reduce processing times for PIP, DLA and Attendance Allowance.

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World No.1 disabled golf star eyeing Masters and The Open after picking up clubs aged 3

A bogey-free round of 66 at St Andrews propelled Kipp Popert to the world number one disabled golfer and next he wants to make history by winning a major professional tournament

Nottingham Post

DWP fails to rule out means-testing PIP and other disability benefits ahead of Autumn Budget

The new boss at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was questioned in the House of Commons

Daily Record

Payments of £214 for young people on PIP and DLA to help with energy bills due this month

Claimants under-19 receiving Adult or Child Disability Payment will also qualify for the winter heating support.

Chronicle Live

DWP fails to rule out means-testing PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits

The Autumn Budget is scheduled to take place on November 17 and questions have been asked about any upcoming changes to disability benefits

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Trial to connect NDIS with job services

The federal government hopes to improve job prospects for people with disabilities through a pilot program connecting NDIS clients with employment services.

ABC News

SA Support Services pleads guilty in Employment Tribunal after worker was sexually assaulted by client

A South Australian disability support service admits breaching workplace safety laws after a worker was sexually assaulted by a client in 2020.

Manchester Evening News

Thousands of disabled people in Greater Manchester had their benefits stopped while in hospital

If a person has to spend 28 days or longer in a hospital, their PIP payments are suspended under the so-called 'hospitalisation rule'

Chronicle Live

Thousands more terminally ill people to have disability benefits fast-tracked by DWP

Landmark legislation has been passed to help people nearing the end of their life get faster access to financial support

Bristol Post

Bristol teen Oliver McGowan's legacy lives on as health staff trained on learning disability and autism

Oliver died in 2016 after being given antipsychotic medication, despite warnings from his family

Daily Record

People of State Pension age to get £300 on top of Winter Fuel Payment over next few weeks

The £300 pensioner cost of living lump sum will be added to Winter Fuel Payments in November and December.

Daily Record

DWP does not rule out means-testing PIP and other disability benefits in Autumn Statement this month

DLA, Attendance Allowance and Carer’s Allowance eligibility could be changing.

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