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Benefit cuts will hit severely disabled people despite ministers’ claims, say charities

Exclusive: Charities say planned universal credit changes fail to account for progressive or fluctuating conditions

The Guardian - UK

Campagnolo Shamal Wheelset review: wavy hoops that double up as road or gravel wheels

Good looks, versatility and value are among the updated Shamal's many qualities

Cycling Weekly

Disabled people ‘could face extra costs of £15k a year by end of the decade’ as welfare vote looms

Government ‘must change course’ on ‘catastrophic’ welfare cuts, disability charity urges

The Independent UK

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Extra cost of being disabled in UK to rise by almost 12% in five years, says Scope report

Estimate by disability charity published on eve of MPs’ vote on restricting welfare payments for new claimants

The Guardian - UK

Disabled people ‘could face extra annual costs of £15,000 by end of the decade’

The annual disability price tag report comes just a day before MPs are expected to debate and vote on the Government’s welfare reform Bill.

Evening Standard

Labour’s benefit cuts will have ‘devastating’ impact on disabled women, say charities

Organisations say planned four-point rule will not properly take into account menstruation and other hygiene needs

The Guardian - UK

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

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‘I’m still sick. I’m still disabled. But I’m proud of my body’: Frances Ryan’s manifesto for disabled women

Women with disabilities are the biggest minority group in the world, but are still shut out of society. In an extract from her new book, the writer reveals how that is changing – and what more needs to be done

The Guardian - UK

KP Mahadevaswamy CMD NBCC assumes charge as SCOPE Chairman

Under the leadership of Mahadevaswamy, it is expected that PSEs will usher in a new era of cooperation and progress. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Goa Shipyard CMD Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay re-elected as SCOPE Vice Chairman

The SCOPE is the apex professional organisation representing the interests of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs). Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Spring statement: Welfare cuts could cost lives, warn health experts

Benefit reforms will ‘result in more premature deaths’, Government is told

The Independent UK

Charities and health experts warn welfare cuts could cost lives

The Government will release an impact assessment indicating how many people will be hit by its benefits reforms.

Evening Standard

Charities report rise in calls for help since welfare cuts announcement

Mind, Scope and Citizens Advice urged a rethink, as did a group of public health experts.

Evening Standard

Scope chair 'willing to resign' over speaking out against Labour Government's cuts to disability benefits

Writing for the Standard, Sir Robin Millar described the welfare reforms as ‘disgraceful’ and said Labour had lost its ‘moral direction’

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

OPINION - I'm the chair of disability charity Scope and I may be asked to step down for what I'm about to say

Last week, despite the strong objections of over 80 Labour backbench MPs, the government announced its decision to press ahead with £6 billion in savings by adjusting Personal Independence Payments. This follows the recent reduction in overseas aid. The justification? The need for rearmament and defense against unprecedented global threats.

The Independent UK

What Labour’s welfare cuts mean for benefit claimants – and the other support available

Millions of people will be affected by the changes

The Guardian - UK

Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off

Welfare secretary announces changes aimed at cutting bill by up to £5bn in face of opposition from Labour MPs

The Independent UK

Inside PIP: The ‘broken’ health benefit Labour could cut even further

People with first-hand experience of the health benefit speak to The Independent

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The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

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

Leading charities have issued the Chancellor a stark warning

The National (Scotland)

UK Government set to unveil 'catastrophic' £6bn in benefits cuts

The UK Government is set to unveil more than £6 billion in cuts to the welfare budget which will mean those unable to work will lose money.

The Independent UK

DWP benefit cuts could be as much as £5bn under Labour plans

Previous plans had put the figure at £3 billion – but it may now be much more

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves blames global volatility for borrowing rates rise amid Tory criticism

Chancellor tells Tory MP to ‘get real’ and that UK bond market changes are similar to those in other countries

Cycling News

The Scope Artech 6.A wheels cost more than most bikes and are incredible to ride, but they have one massive flaw

They came out on top in our own wind tunnel tests, but how did the Scope Artech 6.A wheels fare in the real world?

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