Disabled people who want to work say they can’t due to ‘chronically underfunded’ welfare system and accessibility issues

Author of major review on how to keep people in work warns UK is ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’ amid ‘enormous’ cost to ...
inews.co.uk

PIP reforms edging closer - as disability groups warn against more benefit cuts

Review into personal independence payments is launched, with minister appealing for disabled people to join its work ...

Scotland’s benefit agency shares fastest way to get Adult Disability Payment award decision

This essential guidance can help anyone making a new claim for any of Scotland’s devolved disability benefits.
Disability News Service

DWP’s plans ‘in tatters’ as McFadden scraps white paper on further disability cuts

Ministers have dumped plans for a major white paper containing a swathe of further cuts and reforms to disability benefits, ...
The Mirror

EXCLUSIVE: Charities urge Rachel Reeves to avoid 'new tax' on most vulnerable

Rachel Reeves is being warned against introducing a "taxi tax" at next month's (NOV) Budget. A group of 15 charities and firms, including Disability Rights UK, have written to the Chancellor over ...
BBC

'I'm a disabled homeowner - can I afford to be ill?'

Buying your first home is a major life milestone, albeit one which comes with its fair share of challenges. For access consultant and dance teacher Katie Anna McConnell, her disability means that ...
The Independent

Labour bank spying bill will bring ‘unprecedented surveillance,’ charities warn

The government’s controversial ‘bank spying’ bill threatens to create an “unprecedented level of population-wide mass surveillance,” several leading campaign groups and charities have warned, as they ...
Birmingham Mail

DWP set to hand people on PIP a £778 sweetener before benefits shake-up

Department for Work and Pensions or DWP payments could skyrocket by 3.8 per cent next year. An uprating by the Labour Party government and DWP in April 2026 could mean disability and health-related ...
The Sun

Rachel Reeves must NOT impose a taxi tax at the Budget, majority of voters warn

It also revealed that 64 per cent of people believe any ‘taxi tax’ would be a tax on working people SEVEN in ten Brits say it would be wrong to impose a “taxi tax” as a Budget money-spinner, a new ...
The Mirror

DWP reveals date it will start looking at bank accounts and who will be affected

Brits on universal credit, pension credit, and employment and support allowance (ESA) might be about to have their bank accounts looked into in order to check they're ...
Bristol Post

Exact date DWP will begin checking bank accounts and who will be targeted

A scheme from the Department for Work and Pensions requiring banks to examine accounts for suspicious activity in an effort to tackle benefit fraud is set to start in April next year. Despite appeals ...
Daily Post Wales

When DWP will start checking bank accounts and who will be targeted

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to start a scheme in April next year, obliging banks to scrutinise accounts for dubious activity as part of a crackdown on benefit fraud. Despite ...