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Disabled benefits claimants ‘waiting months for £300m in delayed PIP payments’

Working-age claimants are waiting five months for a decision

Wales Online

Five-month disability benefits delay causing hardship, says Citizens Advice

UK charity says 150 people an hour contacting it over backlog in processing personal independence payment claims

The Guardian - UK

Disabled benefits claimants ‘waiting months for £300m in delayed payments’

Disability benefit claims have risen steadily over the past three decades, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said.

The Independent UK

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Disability benefits system needs revamp

More than half of people with disabilities in Thailand do not receive welfare assistance from the government. This is unacceptable.

Bangkok Post

Incarcerated people with disability don't get the support they need – that makes them more likely to reoffend

People with disability are over-represented in prison and some are criminalised because of behaviours related to their disability. But they are unlikely to have their disability recognised or adjusted for, and the connection between the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and the criminal justice system has long been problematic.

The Conversation

'13 years of a hostile environment for disabled shows how little Government values us'

The breaking down of barriers has brought about change through the passing of the important - but woefully inadequate - Disability Discrimination Act 2005 and later the Equality Act 2010 into law

Daily Mirror

Dundee councillors sign off on extra £1.5m for city parks and play areas

Much of the cash going towards the installation of accessible play equipment that is suitable for children regardless of their disability.

Daily Record

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New disability benefit payment rates could be higher than PIP following review due to start next year

Eligibility for the new benefit could also differ from the current criteria for PIP.

Daily Record

SA to trial off-road wheelchairs, mountain trikes to enhance tourism for people with disabilities

When a bike accident put the brakes on former triathlete Yvette Eglinton's fast-paced, outdoorsy lifestyle, she decided to help others living with disability to access nature more easily.

ABC News

Huge majority of the people struggling right now with fuel poverty are disabled people

A huge majority of the people struggling right now with fuel poverty are disabled people - Britain's largest minority group - as the cost of living crisis sky rockets

Daily Mirror

Why life costs disabled people £600 a month more - forcing people into tough choices

Research from disability charity Scope revealed the extra costs disabled people face for essentials leaves them with less money in their pocket than non-disabled people - and for almost a quarter of families with disabled children, those extra costs amount to over £1,000 a month

Daily Mirror

'Job opportunities for blind people in the UK have fallen - the situation is deplorable'

The most lasting impact of both my time government, and now as a member of the House of Lords, is simply this: to demonstrate that someone with a defined disability can not only work on equal terms but reach the highest levels of government in this country

Daily Mirror

Disability advocates concerned over rise in guardianship applications

Personal and property rights applications are close to double what they were 10 years ago with experts cautioning a rise in abuse, costs and quality of life for those forced through the court

Newsroom.co.nz

Long Covid affecting 4,000 who are on disability payments as they can't return to work

There are now calls for a system to measure long Covid numbers in a bid to get to grips with it

Irish Mirror

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Wales Online

Disabled Elton John fan left 'humiliated, worthless and in pain' after 'inhumane' treatment at concert

'I've never felt more self-conscious of my disability...I felt like a lesser human being'

Glasgow Live

DWP issues urgent £326 cost of living payment update amid 'potential delays'

The Department for Work and Pensions has issued an update regarding the first £326 instalment of the £650 cost of living payment, warning that "potential delays" may occur

Daily Record

New DWP transfer timetable for people on PIP moving to Adult Disability Payment

It will take approximately three months to transfer an award to the new system.

Daily Mirror

Shocking stats which lay bare the poverty crisis facing disabled people in UK

Charity Mencap said people with learning disabilities are "facing a disproportionate cost of living crisis" and need more support, with working age disabled adults twice as likely to live in poverty

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Daily Record

DWP dismisses calls to give disability benefit claimants £650 cost of living payment which starts next week

More than 17,410 people have signed a petition calling for change.

Daily Mirror

Thousands of disabled people's deaths linked to DWP's failure to act on benefits flaws

New research by Deaths by Welfare concludes the Department for Work and Pensions failed to fix systematic flaws in the disability benefits system that potentially led to thousands of deaths

Daily Record

DWP advises of 'potential delays' to first £326 cost of living payment for some benefit claimants this month

The £650 cost of living payment is being paid in two instalments starting from July 14.

Wales Online

Disabled man sells all his dead wife's possessions to pay for cost of living

“A lot of the things I would have loved to have saved – they meant something to me – have all been sold. I’m at the point now that I’ve got nothing else to sell.”

Wales Online

DWP slammed over delayed carer’s allowance payments to 30,000 people

People who spend more than 35 hours each week looking after someone with a disability or illness can make a claim for the £69.70-a-week payment

Daily Mirror

Noel Gallagher blasted after 'blagging' his way onto disabled platform at Glastonbury

Noel, 55, has been blasted as “vile” by disability charity Scope after he used the platform at the John Peel tent to watch Jamie T

ABC News

Our understanding of limb difference is changing, and these young Australians are leading the way

Ayelet Marha was born with a form of hand difference called symbrachydactyly. She shares photos of her "nubbins" on her travel Instagram account, instead of selfies.

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