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DWP does not know which legacy benefit claimants will be better off on Universal Credit until they apply

Some 2.6m people on older-style benefits will be moved on to Universal Credit by the end of 2024.

Daily Record

DWP reveals which claimants not eligible for £650 cost of living boost

The Department for Work and Pensions has issued an update to its guidance regarding the upcoming £650 cost of living payment, clarifying which benefits claimants will not be eligible

Glasgow Live

Toxic exposure bill would rewrite America’s compact with veterans

Congress appears likely to pass legislation that would make millions more veterans eligible for disability and health care benefits.

Roll Call

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New Carer’s Allowance guidance explains how the benefit can affect State Pension, Council Tax and other benefits

If you qualify for Carer’s Allowance, your other benefit payments may change.

Daily Record

DWP confirms when people in Scotland will no longer be able to make a new claim for PIP

PIP is being replaced by a new disability benefit for more than 305,000 existing claimants living in Scotland.

Daily Record

Activ workshop closures to leave people like Ryan Gee with a very uncertain future

After spending 16 years in the same job, Ryan Gee never imagined he would be out of work, but the impending closure of Activ workshops in WA has left him and hundreds of others in the cold and facing an uncertain future.

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Irish para-archer compares Ireland to other countries for accessibility

'Mostly, people are very good and helpful and don’t pass any remarks of me in a chair, but I do get stares from people, just for being out in the world'

Irish Mirror

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Irish third-level institutions to get €3m to make campuses more inclusive

Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris revealed it as one of two initiatives to support students with autism and those with an intellectual disability

Irish Mirror

New Adult Disability Payment application guide could help people claim up to £156 each week

Successful claimant’s could receive between £97.80 and £627.60 every four weeks.

Daily Record

DWP PIP being replaced in North and South Lanarkshire with new benefit this month

People in North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire who have a disability or a long-term physical or mental health condition will be able to apply for a new benefit this month

Glasgow Live

DWP: PIP myths that stop people claiming up to £627 each month

Millions of UK residents could be claiming financial financial support, but don't as they worry they're ineligible

Chronicle Live

DWP clarifies people on certain benefits will not qualify for new cost of living payment worth £650

DWP has also updated guidance for couples receiving benefits or Tax Credits.

Daily Record

Wheelchair users say states should spend new road money on safety

On a Sunday afternoon in May 2021, Patsy Ellison left her Knoxville, Tennessee, apartment in her motorized wheelchair and started to cross a nearby street, as she often did. She never made it.

Tribune News Service

Online abuse against women is rife, but some women suffer more – and we need to step up for them

Women online suffer a disproportionate amount of harm and abuse, but it isn’t all based on their gender. This “cyber violence” is also shaped by a range of other intersecting factors such as race, religion, class, caste and disability.

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Liverpool Echo

PIP myths that stop people claiming up to £627 from the DWP

Millions of people could be claiming financial support

Daily Record

New disability payment set to replace PIP for first-time claimants in three locations this month

The next pilot areas to open for applications will be in Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.

Manchester Evening News

'Inadequate' learning disability centre branded 'unsafe' as investigators uncover two-month backlog of letters for GPs and patients

The service 'did not provide safe care' and left two patients 'without medicines for two weeks until staff eventually dropped their prescription off', investigators found

Glasgow Live

Every cost of living payment you can claim - how to apply and who is eligible

To help offset the financial burden of the worsening cost of living crisis, the UK Government has announced a range of one-off payments available throughout the year

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What you need to do to get your cost of living payment

The UK Government is offering some cash to many people struggling with the cost of living

Daily Mirror

Martin Lewis warns thousands won't get £650 cost of living help - see who will

Martin Lewis has warned that people who claim Personal Independence Allowance, Carers Allowance, and contributory-based Employment and Support Allowance won't get the £650 cost of living payment

The Guardian - UK

The decade that broke Britain: the disastrous decisions that left millions in a cost of living crisis

The government is keen to blame growing levels of poverty on Covid and the Ukraine war. But policies from the benefits cap to the bedroom tax have left households on the brink amid the cost of living crisis. Here are 10 of the worst

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Anti-Poverty Advocates Say Albanese’s Childhood Rhetoric Is ‘Cruel’ When He Won’t Raise JobSeeker

Advocacy groups say Albanese is giving "false hope" to welfare recipients by sharing his mum's story without raising JobSeeker.

Daily Record

PIP claimants will see 13 big changes when they transfer to new disability payment this year

Adult Disability Payment will open in three more council areas on June 20.

Daily Mirror

Love Island's Tasha explains 'superpower' hearing loss as she's supported by Strictly's Rose

Tasha Ghouri has touched on her disability in an inspirational post which opened up about her 'superpower'

The Guardian - AU

NDIS agency to spend $50m on lawyers to fight people with disability who appealed funding cuts

Critics argue national disability insurance scheme participants are increasingly being pitted against solicitors from top firms

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