Benefits like universal credit, disability payments and the state pension provide an essential source of income for the more than 22 million people claiming them in the UK. As the new financial year begins, it is important to understand how come benefits are changing.
If you have recently been made redundant you might not know what to do next or get support. We look at your rights and what financial help is available.
The way you apply and are assessed for different disability benefits has changed due to the pandemic. Here’s what you need to be aware of going forward.
Speaking to Enable, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work Justin Tomlinson shares what the UK Government is doing to support the disabled community.
With uncertainty around what will happen next, it is understandable to have concerns around your finances and any benefits you receive while there are restrictions in place to limit the spread of coronavirus.
Yesterday (11 March), the government announced its budget, looking at how money will be spent and distributed in the next financial year and beyond.
The government has announced plans to roll out a single service to deliver all disability benefits assessments. The service will be trialled before being rolled out nationally.
Today (5 March) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Amber Rudd announced the overhaul of Personal Independence Payments (PIP) during a speech at Scope headquarters in London.
The government’s ongoing saga regarding disability benefits has come to a new low today as it’s been discovered the lengths it has gone to stop…
The Department of Work and Pensions has announced that every person receiving Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will have their claim reviewed and it’s expected that…
Today, Chancellor Philip Hammond set out the government’s financial plans for the year ahead in the 2017 Budget. Despite big hopes from charities and disability…
Ahead of next week’s Budget, disability campaigners and organisations have presented the Government with an invoice for £1500, the amount each new claimant of Employment…
National deafblind charity, Sense, raises concerns over failure to commit to long-term investment in vital social care services National deafblind charity, Sense, is disappointed that…
57% of people with a disability said that the amount they currently received was not enough to live on with almost a third (28%) of…
Responding to new figures released today (Monday 10 August) from the DWP, revealing that 95% of carers who are entitled to Carer’s Credit* are not…