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The agonising wait disabled people face under Access to Work scheme

The programme allows applicants with physical or mental health conditions or disabilities to apply for grants

The Independent UK

‘You just feel so light!’: two wheelchair users – one 81, one 25 – on welfare cuts, housing and the joy of swimming

Technology has improved since the 50s and in the last five or six years especially, there has been a lot of progress. But the world is still too often designed without wheelchair users in mind

The Guardian - UK

Dick Harris obituary

Other lives: Disability sector worker who served in various roles at Scope and Leonard Cheshire

The Guardian - UK

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Disabled people effectively stop earning from today due to pay gap

The disability pay gap has slightly decreased from last year, but more still needs to be done, the government has been warned

The Independent UK

'More than a comeback' - Argon 18 launches a brand new Nitrogen Pro aero race bike, and we've got the data...

Argon 18 claims the Nitrogen Pro is the fastest road bike it has ever made, with new aero wheels designed in tandem with Scope

Cycling News

What Did Jamie Borthwick Say That Got the EastEnders Star Suspended and Axed? Here's What We Know

Jamie Borthwick suspended and axed from EastEnders after using an ableist slur. Here's what he said and how the BBC responded.

International Business Times UK

From pop producer to activist: Robin Millar on the barriers disabled people still face

He made his name with chart-topping hits – now the Scope chair wants to change how society sees disability

The Guardian - UK

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Warning of energy bill ‘cliff-edge’ after costs go up £700 in five years

Millions of people are facing a “cliff-edge” in support for energy bills, several leading charities have warned, as the government is urged to take action to tackle rising costs.

The Independent UK

Scope R4.A review: a genuine do-it-all wheelset that comes in at a decent price

Fast and stable with a rim profile that makes it suitable for all road surfaces and even some light gravel

Cycling Weekly

'The world just isn’t set up for us – here's what I wish everyone knew about living with a disability'

Anyone could wake up tomorrow and be disabled, so why is society still ignoring their needs? Features editor and below-knee amputee Ella Dove investigates

Woman & Home

Benefit cuts will hit severely disabled people despite ministers’ claims, say charities

Exclusive: Charities say planned universal credit changes fail to account for progressive or fluctuating conditions

The Guardian - UK

Campagnolo Shamal Wheelset review: wavy hoops that double up as road or gravel wheels

Good looks, versatility and value are among the updated Shamal's many qualities

Cycling Weekly

Disabled people ‘could face extra costs of £15k a year by end of the decade’ as welfare vote looms

Government ‘must change course’ on ‘catastrophic’ welfare cuts, disability charity urges

The Independent UK

Extra cost of being disabled in UK to rise by almost 12% in five years, says Scope report

Estimate by disability charity published on eve of MPs’ vote on restricting welfare payments for new claimants

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Evening Standard

Disabled people ‘could face extra annual costs of £15,000 by end of the decade’

The annual disability price tag report comes just a day before MPs are expected to debate and vote on the Government’s welfare reform Bill.

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s benefit cuts will have ‘devastating’ impact on disabled women, say charities

Organisations say planned four-point rule will not properly take into account menstruation and other hygiene needs

The Guardian - UK

Disabled staff among about 70 Scope employees to lose their jobs

Charity set to reduce its workforce by more than a fifth this year amid mounting financial pressures

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m still sick. I’m still disabled. But I’m proud of my body’: Frances Ryan’s manifesto for disabled women

Women with disabilities are the biggest minority group in the world, but are still shut out of society. In an extract from her new book, the writer reveals how that is changing – and what more needs to be done

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Dynamite News

KP Mahadevaswamy CMD NBCC assumes charge as SCOPE Chairman

Under the leadership of Mahadevaswamy, it is expected that PSEs will usher in a new era of cooperation and progress. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Goa Shipyard CMD Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay re-elected as SCOPE Vice Chairman

The SCOPE is the apex professional organisation representing the interests of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs). Read further on Dynamite News:

Evening Standard

Charities and health experts warn welfare cuts could cost lives

The Government will release an impact assessment indicating how many people will be hit by its benefits reforms.

The Independent UK

Spring statement: Welfare cuts could cost lives, warn health experts

Benefit reforms will ‘result in more premature deaths’, Government is told

Evening Standard

Charities report rise in calls for help since welfare cuts announcement

Mind, Scope and Citizens Advice urged a rethink, as did a group of public health experts.

Evening Standard

Scope chair 'willing to resign' over speaking out against Labour Government's cuts to disability benefits

Writing for the Standard, Sir Robin Millar described the welfare reforms as ‘disgraceful’ and said Labour had lost its ‘moral direction’

Evening Standard

OPINION - I'm the chair of disability charity Scope and I may be asked to step down for what I'm about to say

Last week, despite the strong objections of over 80 Labour backbench MPs, the government announced its decision to press ahead with £6 billion in savings by adjusting Personal Independence Payments. This follows the recent reduction in overseas aid. The justification? The need for rearmament and defense against unprecedented global threats.

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