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Thursday briefing: How Labour’s proposed benefits bill cuts could affect the most vulnerable

In today’s newsletter: The PM has paved the way for the chancellor to overhaul ‘indefensible’ incapacity and disability payments – are there echoes of the Tories’ war on ‘sicknote culture’?

The Guardian - UK

'Forgotten' disability workers rally for pay boost

Disability workers have staged a loud rally to call attention to their 'forgotten' workforce, pushing for pay boosts like early childhood and aged care staff.

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Keir Starmer could face biggest rebellion over disability benefit freeze

Exclusive: Dozens of Labour MPs understood to have urged the government to think again

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UK politics: UK expels Russian diplomat and says Moscow is seeking closure of British embassy in city – as it happened

Move is in response to similar Russian measures earlier this week

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Mental ill-health is behind soaring disability benefits bill in England and Wales, report says

Institute for Fiscal Studies says half of the rise in working-age people claiming the benefit last year is linked to mental health

The Guardian - UK

From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health

Federal datasets began disappearing from public view on Jan. 31, 2025, in response to executive orders from President Donald Trump. Among those were the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which asks respondents about their gender identity and sexual orientation and tracks behaviors like smoking and…

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Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all

Humans will likely set foot on the Moon again in the coming decade. While many stories in this new chapter of lunar exploration will be reminiscent of the Apollo missions 50 years ago, others may look quite different.

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Benefits crackdown 'doomed to fail', warns senior Blair-era Labour figure

PLANS to crackdown on disability benefits including PIP and Universal Credit are doomed to fail, a senior Blair-era party figure has warned

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BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg Slammed for Controversial Question on Benefits Cuts

The UK Government is preparing to slash over £6 billion from the welfare budget, with plans to tighten access to disability benefits and cut Universal Credit.

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Starmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits system ahead of deep cuts

PM expected to announce billions in savings from personal independence payment, the main disability benefit

The Guardian - UK

What welfare cuts could Labour announce today? From PIP to Universal Credit

Estimates of Labour cuts continue to rise as MPs grapple with ministers

The Independent UK

Voices: I know how to get sick and disabled people back to work

COMMENT: The government’s proposed ‘ruthless’ cuts to the welfare payments won’t fix our broken benefits system, says disability rights campaigner Kamran Mallick – instead, some targeted investments would actually pay dividends

The Independent UK

Chancellor urged to safeguard disability benefits from welfare reform cuts

A number of charities have written to Rachel Reeves arguing that hundreds of thousands of disabled households could be pushed into poverty otherwise.

Evening Standard

Chancellor urged not to make PIP cuts that could plunge 700,000 households into poverty

Leading charities have issued the Chancellor a stark warning

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Major charities issue warning to Chancellor over ‘catastrophic’ welfare cuts

SEVERAL leading charities have written to the Chancellor urging for a “safeguard” to disability benefits from cuts.

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How school systems can honour the human rights of people with disabilities

In Canada, ongoing advocacy efforts from disabled communities have resulted in an evolution of education over time. Generally speaking, “inclusive education” promises the equitable inclusion of disabled students in kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-12) schools.

The Independent UK

Voices: The real reason I signed up for Strictly and Love Island

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2025: Representation is one thing – but normalisation is more important to me, writes reality TV star Tasha Ghouri. I want people like me to feel seen, heard and celebrated

The Guardian - UK

‘Don’t punish the vulnerable’: Labour MPs uneasy over planned welfare cuts

Ministers say ‘unsustainable’ rise in spending must be tackled but many backbenchers fear changes will not work

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From TV host to Gucci model: meet four women breaking disability barriers

These four champions of inclusivity are proving what's possible and inspiring us all to think differently about everything from garden design, to modelling, to acting

Evening Standard

MP calls for inclusive maternity care as NHS was ‘unprepared for body like mine’

Labour’s Marie Tidball, who has lived with a disability all her life, said she lost her confidence following her experience of pregnancy.

The Guardian - AU

Welfare recipients told to perform mutual obligations as Tropical Cyclone Alfred bears down on Queensland

Disability employment provider Help asked jobseekers to perform telephone appointments before later clarifying they were voluntary

The Independent UK

Georgia lawmakers consider easing one of the nation's toughest death penalty laws

Lawmakers have tried multiple times to change Georgia's strict legal standard to prove that someone has an intellectual disability and shouldn't get the death penalty

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MTG Tarkir: Dragonstorm’s autistic hero may be able to protect the multiverse but that doesn’t make her immune to sensory overload

Narset appears in some heartfelt disability representation in the first episode of MTG Tarkir: Dragonstorm’s Magic Story

The Guardian - UK

‘I focus on the person, not the disability’: the photographer on a mission to make India inclusive

After spending four years meeting people all over the country, Vicky Roy’s new book, Everyone is Good at Something, contains 100 inspirational life stories to raise awareness and combat taboos

The Guardian - UK

Young people with cancer in England face seven-month wait for disability benefits

Charity calls for help to be speeded up as research shows families incur on average £700 a month in extra expenses

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