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DWP month-by-month details on upcoming Cost of Living payments

A new £900 package for people on certain benefits is to be rolled out by the DWP

Nottingham Post

DWP: Calls for extra £650 Cost of Living payment for PIP claimants under new plan

Petitions are calling for a new £650 payment and an energy grant

Nottingham Post

People of State Pension age with back pain could be due up to £101 each week from DWP

Successful claimants could receive either £272 or £407 every four weeks through Attendance Allowance.

Daily Record

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New cost of living support for people on disability benefits to be debated by MPs next month

Petitions calling for the £650 payment and an energy grant for people on a disability will be debated by MPs in May.

Daily Record

Funding boost aims to close disability employment gap

A funding boost to make workplaces more accessible aims to improve employment opportunities for Australians living with a disability.

AAP

Disability Denied: Unable to Work, COVID Long Haulers Face Barriers to Benefits

The long COVID crisis exposes a disability claims system in disarray.

Capital & Main

People on full New State Pension claiming PIP could be due up to £1,506 each month

Nearly half a million people over State Pension age are receiving PIP payments.

Daily Record

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Month-by-month guide to when you can expect all of this year's cost of living payments

The first instalment from the DWP will start to arrive later this month for households who claim Universal Credit, with a further two later in the year

Chronicle Live

Everything you need to know about £150 disability cost of living payment coming next month

The cash will be awarded to people who are in receipt of benefits such as Personal Independence Payment and Attendance Allowance - you can see a full list below

Daily Mirror

'Against their will': A proposed law would make it easier to detain people with mental illness

LOS ANGELES — When lawmakers, mayors, psychiatrists and mental health advocates gathered last month to unveil a bill that would "enact major changes to California's behavioral health law," they put into motion an annual ritual in Sacramento.

Los Angeles Times

Parents raise enough funds for legal challenge on autism diagnosis controversy

Parents' group Assess For Autism said they believed the new policy potentially breached disability discrimination laws

Bristol Post

Labour blames disability benefits fraud and error for lack of Cost of Living Support - but they’re demonising the wrong people

Labour claimed billions lost to benefit error and fraud could’ve paid for another cost of living payment, but we need to stop pitting the most vulnerable against each other

Daily Mirror

"Strangers on the Internet" Podcast Episode 27: "Cripfished"

A director and two actors talk about dating with a disability

Reason

DWP benefits have increased by more than 10 per cent - the full list

Many recipients will have more money in their pockets from Monday, April 10

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Daily Record

People on PIP moving to new devolved disability payment this year may see other benefits stop

If you do not report the benefit transfer to DWP, HMRC or local council, other payments may automatically end.

Daily Record

Check your eligibility for new PIP-style payment worth up to £691 each month

Adult Disability Payment has replaced new claims for PIP in Scotland.

Wales Online

Every DWP benefit payment going up by 10.1% in April including state pension and Universal Credit

They are going up in line with September's inflation rate with most increasing from the first Monday of the new financial year

Daily Record

Parents of children with health issues urged to claim payment worth up to £172 each week

More than 54,700 children and young people across Scotland are already receiving Child Disability Payment.

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Nottingham Post

DWP: Full list of all new pay rates for Universal Credit, PIP and other benefits starting today

The changes were announced by the Chancellor

Daily Record

People in Scotland urged to check eligibility for devolved disability benefits as new awareness campaign launches

Adult and Child Disability Payment have replaced PIP and DLA for new claims in Scotland.

Daily Record

New pay rates for State Pension, PIP, Universal Credit and other DWP benefits start this week - full list

Most DWP benefits rise by 10.1% from April 10 as part of the annual uprating.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh mum praises disability benefit for helping daughter defy the odds

Caroline Milburn has encouraged others to explore whether they are eligible for a Child Disability Payment after the benefit afforded her nine-year-old opportunities she would not have had otherwise.

Wales Online

Disabled people encouraged to check entitlement to benefits

The Scottish Government is launching a new advertisement campaign to increase take-up of recently devolved disability benefits

The National (Scotland)

New campaign aims to raise awareness of financial support for disabled people

DISABLED people are being urged to find out if they are eligible for Scottish Government benefits as part of a new campaign to increase take-up.

Daily Record

Scots mum reliant on disability benefits urges others to check if eligible for new devolved payment

Caroline Milburn, from Edinburgh, said disability benefits have helped cover essential costs for her daughter and give her opportunities she would never have had without them.

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