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DWP issues update amid complaints over £150 disability payment

Some people on disability benefits were worried about their one-off cost of living payment

Manchester Evening News

DWP rejects call to revise Winter Fuel Payment eligibility date for older people

The £300 pensioner cost of living payment will be added to this year’s payments which start in November.

Daily Record

People on certain benefits can claim £1,800 to help pay for funeral costs

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

Daily Record

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All the cost of living help available and how to get the payment

Poorer households are expected to be hardest-hit, while eldery people have reported having to choose between heating or eating

The Independent UK

New £150 disability cost of living payment update for people due money from DWP

Payments for 6m people on disability benefits started on September 20.

Daily Record

Cold Weather Payment: What is it, how much is it and how do I get it?

With temperatures starting to drop many of us are starting to think about our energy bill

Wales Online

Dis Life: 'The accessible queue for queen's lying in state showed gaps we have to fill'

Anna Morell, from Disability Rights UK, says while equality was achieved with the accessible queue for the Queen's lying in state - it still wasn't equitable as it shut hours before the non-disabled one did

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

People of State Pension age claiming Attendance Allowance will receive either £247.40 or £369.60 every four weeks.

Daily Record

Disability royal commission examines poor treatment and 'disgusting' conditions in criminal justice system

A woman who lives with muscular dystrophy says she was repeatedly dropped while being transferred from her wheelchair in prison, and that once she thought the guards were "trying to kill" her.

ABC News

Laura Fergusson closure leaves a gap that's hard to fill

The closure of the Laura Fergusson Trust's Auckland rehabilitation and respite facility came as a shock - what does it tell us about the state of disability support services?

Newsroom.co.nz

Staff at Home Office contractors sue over discrimination and unfair dismissal

Majority of cases are from escorts accompanying refugees from immigration centres for deportation

The Guardian - UK

Claim PIP for epilepsy and you could get up to £627 each month from the DWP

People providing care for someone with epilepsy could also be eligible for Carer's Allowance.

Daily Record

A disability program promised to lift people from poverty. Instead, it left many homeless

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After two months of sleeping in the Salvation Army Center of Hope homeless shelter, Margaret Davis has had no luck finding an apartment she can afford.

Tribune News Service

DWP begins issuing £150 cost of living payment to millions of claimants

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that around six million claimants will begin receiving a one-off cash boost of £150 amid the worsening cost of living crisis

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The Independent UK

All the cost of living help available and how to get the payment

Poorer households are expected to be hardest-hit, while eldery people have reported having to choose between heating or eating

Daily Record

People claiming PIP will never need to report any of these six changes to DWP

Not every change in circumstances will affect your entitlement to PIP.

ABC News

Outback Queensland town desperate for disability services as residents consider leaving

Jacob's parents hope the cafe will give him a secure future and the freedom to be himself. But they fear that dream will evaporate. Here's why.

The Conversation

For Canadians with disabilities, multiple types of support were important during COVID-19

Canadians who lost their incomes and accumulated debt during COVID-19 are still struggling to recover financially. Between 2019 and 2022, one-third fewer Canadians said they had an emergency fund that would cover three months of expenses.

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Belfast Live

Children discharged from disability and mental health centre 'due to staffing crisis'

Parents with children at the Iveagh Centre were told on Friday evening their children would be discharged and needed collecting immediately

Evening Standard

Six million people to receive disability cost-of-living payment

Around six million people will receive a one-off £150 disability cost of living payment from Tuesday. The vast majority of those eligible are expected to receive their one-off payment by the start of October, the UK Government has said. People are also being urged to be alert to scammers targeting…

Daily Record

People of State Pension age with arthritis could be eligible for up to £92 extra each week

Nearly 1.4m people across the UK currently receive either £61.85 or £92.40 each week through Attendance Allowance.

Wales Online

Full details as six million start to see £150 payments land in bank from today

The payments are part of the government’s £37 billion support package

Bristol Post

Here are the key dates for every DWP cost of living payments to arrive weeks from now

The new DWP cost of living payments will be arriving in bank accounts in a matter of weeks

Manchester Evening News

DWP says millions will get £150 cost of living payment from today

The payment will be made automatically to people receiving certain disability benefits

Chronicle Live

DWP: Six million disabled people to get £150 cost of living payment from today

To qualify for the payment, people must have been claiming disability benefits like DLA or PIP in May 2020, the money will be sent by early October

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