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DWP issues cost of living payment update as it confirms number of households getting cash in 2023

Millions of people on Universal Credit, Pension Credit and other benefits will be eligible for the payments

Manchester Evening News

Banning straws might be good for the planet – but bad for people with disability or swallowing problems. What is 'eco-ableism'?

This month, Victoria became the latest Australian state to ban single-use plastics, including straws. While this is a win for the environment and marine life, it will come at a price for social inclusion.

The Conversation

Disability Rights Group Challenges California Law That Forces the Mentally Ill Into Court-Ordered Treatment

"On its face, the CARE Act violates essential constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection while needlessly burdening fundamental rights to privacy, autonomy and liberty," the petition states.

Reason

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DWP Cost of Living payment news as specific groups will not receive £301 boost

The details are explained

Nottingham Post

Strictly to make TV history with first-ever celebrity wheelchair user in line-up

Strictly Come Dancing will see a show first in 2023 as bosses look to sign up a celebrity wheelchair user, with bosses reportedly incredibly excited about the move

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 'Putting an actor in a fat suit to play an obese character on screen is ableist hogwash'

Anna Morell, who works for Disability Rights UK, says actor Brendan Fraser's interviews about his role in a fat suit, beg the question: why are we still using fat suits like this?

Daily Mirror

New update for people due £50 Winter Heating Payment from this month

More than 415,000 households across Scotland will receive the one-off payment over February and March.

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Surge in young people declaring disability in England and Wales

Increase comes after 2021 census included mental health in its question about disability for first time

The Guardian - UK

Fall in disabled older people in census data ‘could be due to pandemic’

The ONS noted that disabled people were at greater risk of death during the pandemic, which could have led to fewer disabled people in the population.

The Independent UK

Millions in line for DWP £900 Cost of Living payment that could start landing next month

Those claiming certain benefits are in line for the financial boost

Nottingham Post

New benefits for people of State Pension age and unpaid carers to launch over next two years

Timetable announced for Carer Support Payment, Pension Age Disability Payment and Pension Age Winter Heating Assistance.

Daily Record

Mama Cax: Who was the model and disability rights activist honoured in today’s Google Doodle?

The Haitian-American beauty was hailed for her work in advocating for inclusive fashion

The Independent UK

DWP confirms over 8m families across UK to receive first £301 cost of living payment this Spring

More than 686,000 households in Scotland will be eligible for the £301 means-tested payment.

Daily Record

15 ways to increase your annual income by up to £3,500 before summer

Quickly check online if you qualify for benefits, a Council Tax Reduction or a TV licence discount.

Daily Record

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Daily Record

Claim PIP for 87 muscle or joint conditions and you could get up to £156 each week

If you are living with any of these musculoskeletal conditions you may be eligible for PIP.

AAP

Blunt message after alleged $3.3m NDIS fraud

People thinking of defrauding the National Disability Insurance Scheme have been put on notice with the government keen on a "clean up" following allegations.

Daily Record

DWP confirms when Ayrshire families will receive £301 Cost of Living payments

The timetable for payments throughout the next year has been revealed.

Daily Mirror

'I'm not here to write what the government wants and their feel-good stories'

Rachel Charlton-Dailey, Disabled Britain guest editor and columnist for the Mirror, says she refuses to simply write whatever the government asks her to, after questioning a new 'announcement' from Westminster

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DWP could owe 50,000 disabled people who were moved to Universal Credit money

The revelation comes after a court ruling, in favour of two severely disabled men - who claimed that they were left hundreds worse off after seeing benefit changes

Daily Record

Full list of benefits and payments only available to people living in Scotland this year

Check you are claiming all the financial support you are entitled to in 2023.

Daily Mirror

DWP could owe money to 50,000 disabled people who were moved to Universal Credit

It comes after a court ruled in favour of two severely disabled men, who argued they were left hundreds of pounds out of pocket after their benefits were changed

The National (Scotland)

Delay to benefits powers handover as DWP retain control of disability payments

PLANS to transfer control of some types of benefits to the Scottish Government will be delayed for another three years, it has emerged.

Daily Record

Specific group of people who will not receive new £301 cost of living payment due this Spring

The £900 means-tested cost of living payment will be delivered in three lump sums over the next financial year.

Wales Online

Map shows households across UK that will get £900 cost of living payment

Extra government support is coming to low-income households

Glasgow Live

Glasgow woman with MS calls Scottish Government disability assessment 'cruel'

Catriona Halket, 65, suffers from MS and believes the Government's intoduction of the 20 metre rule could really hamper her sense of independence and leave many feeling vulnerable.

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