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Who can get the £150 cost of living payment and what date will it be paid?

Around 6 million people are eligible

The Independent UK

Older people with any of these health issues could be due up to £369 each month

People of State Pension age claiming Attendance Allowance will receive either £247.40 or £369.60 every four weeks.

Daily Record

West Bank unrest weighs on Palestinian doctors

Nablus (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Doctors in the occupied West Bank are struggling to save Palestinians from permanent disability after being shot in an upsurge of violence linked to Israeli raids targeting Palestinian militants.

AFP

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DWP issues Winter Fuel Payment update as some claimants qualify for £300 boost

The Department for Work and Pensions has issued an update regarding the Winter Fuel Payment and one-off £300 Pensioner Cost of Living Payment and has revealed payment rates

Glasgow Live

Disability benefits for millions ‘to be rendered worthless’ by soaring energy bills

Exclusive: Charities warn disabled households are among hardest hit by energy crisis, which could see 91% of their benefits eaten by cost of bills

The Independent UK

People claiming PIP will never need to report any of these six changes to DWP

Not every change in circumstances will affect your entitlement to PIP.

Daily Record

Employers headed to jobs summit urged to consider people with a disability to solve farm worker shortage

Employers headed to the national jobs and skills summit in Canberra are urged to stop overlooking jobseekers with a disability as they attempt to solve farm worker shortages.

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Billions spent on welfare bureaucracy that evidence indicates is not doing the job

Something amiss with social housing

Newcastle Herald

People living with multiple sclerosis join growing chorus for reforms to 'clearly broken' NDIS

People living with multiple sclerosis are joining calls for urgent reforms to the "broken" NDIS system that's left many with either not enough funding or none at all amid a lack of awareness of their neurological condition.

ABC News

Parent with disability raises 'poverty trap' fears in Hunter's public housing system

Ms Moorhouse, 45, was served an eviction notice on a private rental earlier this year and has struggled to find a home suited to their needs and those of their two teen daughters who live with autism.

Newcastle Herald

99 per cent of rentals out of reach for Australians on disability pension, royal commission hears

Less than 1 per cent of rental properties in Australia are affordable for people on the disability pension, the royal commission into disability hears.

ABC News

People of State Pension age can quickly check if they qualify for up to £600 energy bill help

Eligible pensioner households will receive an extra £300 on top of Winter Fuel Payments this year.

Daily Record

Boost your income before October energy price hike by checking for extra benefits and discounts

To combat the cost of living crisis make sure you are maximising your income and not missing out.

Daily Record

Progress? Certainly. But has the Americans with Disabilities Act changed the country enough? - Roll Call

Mary C. Curtis examines the effectiveness of the Americans with Disability Act through the lens of equity and what more can be done.

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The Independent UK

Who can get the £150 cost of living payment and what date will it be paid?

Around 6 million people are eligible

The Independent UK

All the cost of living help available and how to get the payment

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a host of new measures after criticism the government was not doing enough to address economic hardship

The Guardian - AU

Disabled person pushed to brink of homelessness after eviction from house needing repairs, inquiry told

Nik Moorhouse offered unsuitable public housing after being forced to leave private rental, disability royal commission hears

The Hindu

Day of joy, celebration for differently-abled couples at a mass wedding in Udaipur

Most of the couples, hailing from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, underwent free disability corrective surgery at the Narayan Seva Sansthan hospital

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ABC News

New Royal South Street showcase brings disability focus to Ballarat stage

Royal South Street has been running for more than 130 years, but this year is the first time people of all abilities have been included explicitly. Watch the heartwarming video.

ABC News

Disability advocates calling for pensioners to re-enter workforce amid worker shortages

A mental health and disability support agency is desperately trying to fill 150 staff vacancies across regional Queensland as 1,000 hours of support work goes unallocated every week.

Edinburgh Live

Energy crisis: How much will your bills rise and how to get financial help

The energy price cap is rising by 80 per cent in October - Here is how much your energy bills will rise if you pay either by Direct Debit, Prepayment or standard credit.

The Guardian - AU

Centrelink seizes $13,000 of jobseeker’s compensation after work for the dole injury

Mick Smart says ‘catastrophic’ back injury destroyed his life as he now battles to receive a disability support pension

Daily Record

DWP shares new update for 6m people due £150 disability cost of living payment this month

People claiming certain health benefits will receive the one-off payment automatically.

Glasgow Live

DWP update as PIP replaced in Scotland nationwide with new ADP benefit

Starting August 29, Personal Independence Payment has been replaced with the new Adult Disability Payment benefit for all new claims in Scotland — here's what you need to know

The Guardian - AU

‘I’ve got nothing’: inquiry hears of lack of suitable housing for people with disabilities after flood

Pensioner tells royal commission he had to go weeks without shower in unsuitable accommodation after NSW emergency

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