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DWP changes to PIP and ESA assessments slammed for 'delays and confusion'

Website accuses the DWP of dragging its heels on clarifying a major change to the assessment system for benefits

Chronicle Live

DWP to give millions of eligible people up to £1,506 a month

Older people will receive a huge cash boost from April

Liverpool Echo

New £50 winter heating payment due to be made this month - check if you qualify

The one-off annual lump sum replaces the £25 Cold Weather Payment from DWP in Scotland only.

Daily Record

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DWP update on eligibility criteria for cost of living payments worth up to £1,350

Cost of living payments will be handed out in instalments spread out across 2023/24

Manchester Evening News

'Helping people, whatever the circumstance': Jodi honoured for impact on disability sector

"Working in government is not what I thought I would be when I grew up, I wanted to be a nurse but when I think about the parallels in terms of what I get to do today; it's about helping people," PSM recipient Jodi Cassar said.

Newcastle Herald

Commentary: Opioids don’t do enough for chronic pain sufferers

Chronic pain affects 1 in 6 people in the United States and around the world, and is the most common cause of disability. Yet medicine’s desperate attempts to treat chronic pain sparked the opioid epidemic. And while many promising non-opioid therapies exist, some of them newly developed, patients face innumerable…

Los Angeles Times

Dis Life: 'Putting the "men" in 'menopause' at the expense of disability rights'

Disability Rights UK campaigner Anna Morell argues that women are not getting a fair deal when it comes to taking time off during the menopause

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Full list of DWP cost of living cash grants worth more than £1,000 and how to apply

The Department of Work and Pensions has pledged to support those in need

Liverpool Echo

Accessible Tourism Alliance launched to help Qld businesses cater to people with disability

Living with paraplegia, the Bundaberg dad can struggle to find accessible holiday destinations. Advocates hope a new government partnership will make the tourism industry more inclusive for families like his.

ABC News

Disability group home residents left vulnerable due to lack of independent monitoring, advocate says

Community visitors should be checking on residents in privately run facilities, Victoria’s public advocate says

The Guardian - AU

'North East has most disabled people but is ignored into extinction by Tories'

South Shields lost out in its bid for the second round of the Tory government's Levelling Up funding, but the North East was also revealed to have the highest proportion of disabled people in the country

Daily Mirror

Jared O’Mara accused of making false claims from disability budget for MPs

Leeds crown court hears how invoices submitted by former Labour MP who is facing eight fraud charges were ‘amateurish’

The Guardian - UK

Is your child anxious about starting school? The approaches we use for children with disability can help all families

Why does one child experience excitement at the thought of starting the school year while another experiences debilitating anxiety?

The Conversation

DWP on when to expect 2023 Cost of Living payments eligibility criteria

Further payments under the government scheme are due in 2023

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Manchester Evening News

Ombudsman orders £500 payout and apology over disability grant delay

Authority also criticised for 'poor communication'

Daily Record

People of State Pension age could be due up to £1,350 cost of living payments over next year

Cost of living payments for £900, £150 and £300 will be made over the 2023/24 financial year.

Daily Record

Older people on State Pension could be due up to £1,506 each month from April

People of State Pension age claiming disability benefits are set for a tax-free income boost this year.

Daily Record

New energy petition calls for fixed-rate monthly tariff for older people and those with a disability

The petition proposes no per unit charges for gas and electricity customers in those groups.

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Daily Record

DWP shares when people can expect further eligibility criteria for new cost of living payments due this year

Financial help of up to £1,350 will be paid to those on a low-income, people claiming disability benefits and pensioner households.

ABC News

Autism may be risk factor for sexual abuse, but Grace Tame considers being autistic empowering

Grace Tame, a former Australian of the Year, is autistic. While she embraces this particular label, she acknowledges that having a disability like autism can lead to increased vulnerability of experiencing sexual assault.

Bristol Post

Bristol postcodes could receive up to £50 in cold weather payments

The recent cold snap of snow and ice has entitled some households to a cash boost

Daily Mirror

Exact code that will appear on your bank statement when you get a Cold Weather Payment

Millions of Brits struggling in the cold are eligible to apply for cold weather payments worth up to £50 in areas in areas where temperatures continuously stay below zero

Chronicle Live

DWP’s support fund - including £600 cost of living payment - is worth more than £1,000, who qualifies and what are they for

The Government is helping those who need it most get through this period of rising prices and rising worry

The Guardian - UK

A message to the NHS: disabled people like having sex, too

A sexual health checkup became an ordeal – and underlined the accessibility issues people such as me face, says Cathy Reay, a writer on disability and relationships

Crikey

Disability employment rates haven’t shifted in decades — blame discrimination

Every government cycle brings a new round of consultation about disability employment rates. But we urgently need real change.

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