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Starmer warned benefit cuts could be ‘as toxic’ as axing winter fuel allowance as 800,000 miss out

Exclusive: Sir Keir has already faced a fierce backlash over PIP cuts, with left-wingers vowing to vote against the changes when put before parliament

The Independent UK

A model employer no more? Disabled workers question the federal government's commitment to inclusion

Layoffs of disabled workers across the federal government are raising questions about its commitment to inclusion

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer Left Red-Faced as Disability Charity Blocks Local Labour Office Over Benefit Cuts

Sir Keir Starmer has taken a symbolic blow in his backyard after a plan to move his local Labour Party into a new office building in Holborn and St Pancras was quietly scrapped.

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No 10 rethinking winter fuel payment cut after Labour slump in local elections

Exclusive: government fears further electoral losses from unpopular policy as well as from planned £5bn of benefits cuts

The Guardian - UK

Who is Ali France, the Labor candidate who has unseated Peter Dutton in Dickson?

The 49-year-old disability advocate is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election

The Guardian - AU

Medicaid saved their lives

People who depend on the health care program are worried about Republican plans to slash federal spending

Salon

Rising health-related benefit claims not linked to NHS waiting lists

The Government has announced a series of welfare reforms to get people back into work

The Independent UK

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NHS waiting lists ‘not a driver for rise in health-related benefit claims’

Figures show that the number of working-age adults in England claiming health-related benefits has risen by about 40%

The Independent UK

Leading disability rights campaigner tears apart Labour's 'immoral' cuts

LABOUR'S proposed benefit cuts are "immoral" and "counterproductive", according to a leading disability rights campaigner.

The National (Scotland)

Advisers, Take Note: How 2025 Social Security Changes May Impact Your Clients

What financial advisers might need to know to help their clients navigate Social Security in 2025.

Kiplinger

The UK’s social security system falls way below international human rights standards: new report

The right to social security is enshrined in several international agreements on human rights. But the UK’s system – even before the disability benefits cuts announced earlier this year – falls way below these standards.

The Conversation

Disabled staff among about 70 Scope employees to lose their jobs

Charity set to reduce its workforce by more than a fifth this year amid mounting financial pressures

The Guardian - UK

Wales and north of England face disability cuts ‘double whammy’

Policy in Practice analysis shows twice as many people affected in north-east, north-west and Wales than in London and south-east

The Guardian - UK

Autistic people and experts voice alarm at RFK’s ‘terrible’ approach to condition

Health secretary is planning wide-ranging monitoring of autistic people’s health record and cuts to disability services

The Guardian - US

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The National (Scotland)

'Important milestone' as SNP launch new disability benefit across Scotland

THE Scottish Government has opened nationwide applications for a new benefit payment ...

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Shuker: ‘I took up the sport to find me. It wasn’t to be a Paralympian’

Britain’s wheelchair tennis legend tells Tumaini Carayol how the sport helped her accept her disability and about her dreams of greater access across the world

The Guardian - US

Trump ally pushes DoJ unit to shift civil rights focus, new messages show

Internal mission statements from Harmeet Dhillon pivots division’s priorities away from marginalized groups’ rights

The Independent UK

Woman with learning disability detained in hospital for years

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The Guardian - UK

Ministers scramble to avoid Labour rebellion on disability benefit cuts

Backbenchers may be allowed to abstain, a major climbdown from previous votes when rebels were suspended from the party

The Independent UK

‘Every day she begs for help’: Father fighting for daughter detained in hospital for years to be freed

Exclusive: Government will miss target to get people with learning disabilities out of hospital by more than 8 years

The Guardian - UK

The face of British disability is increasingly young and female. It’s time to hear from them

My book about disabled women grew in relevance as I wrote it, exposing the heartlessness of proposed harsh benefit cuts, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Conversation

1 in 6 New Zealanders is disabled. Why does so much health research still exclude them?

Disabled people encounter all kinds of barriers to accessing healthcare – and not simply because some face significant mobility challenges.

The Fashion Central

Labour MPs warn of rebellion as Starmer faces backlash over disability cuts

Keir Starmer is facing growing backlash from within his own party as Labour MPs gear up to revolt over plans to slash disability benefits

The National (Scotland)

Labour ministers stand to lose seats over disability benefits cuts

A SWATHE of Labour MPs including high-profile Cabinet ministers risk losing their seats over welfare cuts, according to new analysis.

Evening Standard

Mother of daughter with rare disability writes book celebrating difference

Sarah Gannon’s book is inspired by her seven-year-old daughter Ciara who has Charge syndrome and is deafblind.

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