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Labour pledge on repeat work assessments for ill or disabled

Shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth said Labour’s reforms would aim to “take away fear and distrust”.

The Independent UK

Thousands of benefit claimants to be spared reassessments under Labour DWP plan

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth will announce a string of planned reforms to the DWP system, in a bid to get more people into work

Daily Mirror

Labour hoping to tempt retirees back to workforce with right to work from home

The party has also proposed the right to work fewer hours and the right to work at times that vary from week to week.

The Independent UK

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State Pension back payments as thousands owed up to £6,900 this year

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is intending to correct State Pension underpayments by the end of 2023, as many people could be owed thousands of pounds.

Glasgow Live

Failure to support long Covid sufferers could add billions to benefits bill, Rishi Sunak warned

Exclusive: Labour says worklessness due to people suffering from the virus long-term could be costing £3bn a year

The Independent UK

Top Tory rejects closer ties with EU as Rishi Sunak faces new Brexit civil war

Rishi Sunak was hit by a furious Tory backlash over claims that his Government is considering a Swiss-style relationship with the EU to ease Brexit barriers to trade

Daily Mirror

DWP says no assessment made of the costs involved for means-testing PIP

Disability benefits including PIP, DLA and Attendance Allowance are not currently means-tested.

Daily Record

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Millions worse off if PIP and disability benefits are means-tested

DWP refuses to rule out several disability benefits becoming means tested

The Independent UK

DWP could means-test PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits

PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits could all be affected

Liverpool Echo

New Tory welfare chief said cutting maternity rights would be 'better for business'

Mel Stride, who was appointed as Work and Pensions Secretary last week, complained that rules on leave for new mothers and fathers were too “onerous"

Daily Mirror

Half a million Universal Credit claimants refused £326 cost of living payment

New figures reveal how many claimants missed out on £326 payment intended to help with cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

Foodbank charity launches urgent winter appeal as it faces "tsunami of need"

Fears are growing that stock could run low as the Trussell Trust braces for its "worst winter yet"

Daily Mirror

Half a million Universal Credit claimants refused £326 cost of living payment

New figures reveal how many claimants missed out on £326 payment intended to help with cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

Government ‘ignoring’ official advice to boost sick pay for NHS staff with long Covid

Exclusive: Ministers have been told industrial injury disablement benefit should apply to long Covid

The Independent UK

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Daily Mirror

Major study on how benefit sanctions hit health is SCRAPPED after DWP pulls out

The author of the University of Glasgow study said it was 'really disappointing' after Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ministers decided 'not to proceed'

Nottingham Post

More than 550,000 DWP Universal Credit claimants denied cost of living payments

“It’s staggering," said Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth

Daily Mirror

Half a million DWP Universal Credit claimants DENIED £326 cost of living payment

More than 500,000 people who were on Universal Credit this summer did not get a vital cost of living payment to help with energy bills - due to the way it was assessed

The Independent UK

Tory MPs are plotting with Labour to ‘block benefits cuts’, shadow minister reveals

Jonathan Ashworth says unhappy Tories have ‘reached out’ to find way to block below-inflation rises

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The Independent UK

Raising benefits in line with wages ‘would push 200,000 children into poverty’

Campaigners have warned ministers ‘U-turning on children’s futures cannot be an option’.

Wales Online

250% increase in searches for food banks since last March

Searches for urgent help from universal credit have also dramatically increased

The Independent UK

Food bank interest surges with 250% increase in online searches: Labour analysis

Ahead of his conference party speech, shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth visited the Big Help community group in Liverpool.

Daily Mirror

UK on 'highway to hell' after 'most unjust' budget in decades says Labour's Jon Ashworth

Labour frontbencher Jonathan Ashworth told the Mirror the Government was “writing off” hundreds of thousands of jobless older people - and pledged to help them find employment

Liverpool Echo

Universal Credit warning as thousands could see benefits cut this winter

Labour has hit out at the new scheme that could see people with less to live on

The Independent UK

Home Secretary vows to tackle ‘disorder and thuggery’ after Leicester meetings

Suella Braverman insisted she was focused on how to ‘restore safety and harmony’ to the city after 47 arrests at the weekend.

Daily Record

New welfare shake-up could see 100,000 people in part-time work face a benefit cut

The change is expected to take effect from January as part of the Universal Credit system.

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