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Labour is divided over disability cuts – here’s what the public thinks

Keir Starmer has been dealing with his most serious parliamentary challenge since he became prime minister. More than a hundred Labour MPs backed a motion to stop in its tracks the government’s attempt to reduce the welfare bill, including by raising the threshold at which someone can claim disability benefit.

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Starmer seeks to quell revolt to speed through welfare reforms

The Government’s plans to restrict access to some disability benefits have been publicly opposed by 126 Labour MPs.

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Amid alarm over a US ‘autism registry’, people are using these tactics to avoid disability surveillance – podcast

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. caused controversy in April by promising to find the cause for autism by September. Claims by the new US secretary for health and human services that autism is a “preventable disease” with an environmental cause, contradict a body of research that suggests autism is caused by…

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Voices: If Labour cuts my PIP, I lose everything I have worked for

COMMENT: Rachel Charlton-Dailey’s personal independence payment of £558 each month enables her to live with various debilitating and neurodivergent conditions – but, under government plans, she won’t qualify for it. Instead, she will be forced to leave her accessible bungalow and find a job she worries will push her to…

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The Labour welfare rebels are right. This hounding of disabled people will damage the party for years to come

Opposition is mounting and No 10 is preparing a raft of concessions. But whatever happens next, the moral stain will remain, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK

100 charities challenge Ian Murray and Scottish Labour to oppose UK welfare cuts

MORE than 100 charities have united to urge Scottish MPs to reject proposed welfare cuts by the Labour Government, claiming they would push more…

The National (Scotland)

500,000 Australians live with mental illness but don’t qualify for the NDIS. A damning new report says they need more support

Half a million Australians are living with moderate to severe mental illness, but they don’t qualify for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and cannot access the support they need.

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Anas Sarwar backs UK disability benefit cuts amid Scottish Labour revolt

ANAS Sarwar has backed the UK Government’s plans to cut billions from disability benefits even with one-third of Scottish Labour MPs in open…

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Social Security Trust Funds to Run Dry 1 Year Earlier Than Projected; Benefits to Drop by 19%

The Social Security Board of Trustees said in an annual report that Social Security Trust Funds, comprising Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance, will have revenue to pay all scheduled benefits only until 2034, which is one year earlier than previous projections.

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300k Scots 'to lose £500 per year' to Labour's welfare cuts, leading charity warns

HUNDREDS of thousands of Scots face losing £500 every year as a result of Labour’s cuts to disability and sickness benefits ...

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Starmer dismisses welfare cuts revolt as ‘noises off’ and defends his leadership – as it happened

PM ‘committed to reforming system’ as more Labour MPs join opposition to plan to cut universal credit and Pip

The Guardian - UK

Nearly 100,000 adults in England denied state-funded social care due to cuts

Exclusive: Number of people receiving subsidised care has fallen far more quickly than the country’s disability rate, analysis finds

The Guardian - UK

EU, taxes, and Labour 'out of step': What we learned in John Curtice's polling report

NEW polling has shown the Labour Government is “totally out of step with voters” on a range of issues including the EU, taxation, and welfare ...

The National (Scotland)

Survey ‘suggests political system poised for potential transformation’

The latest chapter of the British Social Attitudes survey found a growing appetite for electoral reform.

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Starmer stands firm on welfare bill as number of Labour rebels passes 120

Party big-hitters including Sadiq Khan urge PM to pause legislation as ministers and whips fail to contain rebellion

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The Guardian view on disability benefits: Labour’s rebels are right – these reforms will lead to misery

Editorial: The welfare system needs to change. But these over-hasty cuts will increase poverty, not employment

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Pressure piles on Anas Sarwar as 10th Scottish Labour MP joins rebellion

A 10th Scottish Labour MP has signed their name on an amendment which opposes the UK Government’s proposed changes to disability benefits, heaping…

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Sadiq Khan joins growing Labour rebellion against disability benefit cuts

Exclusive: London mayor is most senior party figure to call for plans to be dropped, as Starmer vows to press ahead

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Scottish Labour MPs set to rebel on UK welfare reform – see the full list

MORE than 100 Labour MPs have lined up to oppose the UK Government’s proposed changes to disability benefits ...

The Guardian - UK

Look at Labour’s cruel attitude towards disability benefits, then tell me Keir Starmer cares about ‘human dignity’

These proposed cuts will turn people’s lives into a nightmare. No wonder they are scared about where this all might lead, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Independent UK

Seth Rogen says leaked Gigli audition tape would destroy his career: ‘If you have it, burn it’

‘I auditioned for this boy with a cognitive disability,’ recalled the actor

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Scottish Government launches new 'milestone' plan for disability equality

The Scottish Government has launched a new 'milestone' plan which aims to put disabled people's experiences and concerns at the centre of…

The Guardian - UK

Whip’s resignation over disability benefit cuts not a sign of major rebellion, Nandy says

Culture secretary says Vicky Foxcroft is only frontbench MP she knows who was considering quitting before vote

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Labour whip resigns over government’s planned disability welfare cuts

LABOUR MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a Government whip over proposed cuts to disability benefits ...

The Independent UK

Rosie Jones’s laugh-out-loud sitcom Pushers is a madcap triumph

4/5 This new show about a woman with cerebral palsy who turns to selling drugs is full of clever observational comedy that skewers attitudes to disability

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