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Cost-of-living payments scrapped as spring budget ‘completely ignores disabled people’

By John Pring on 7th March 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Cost-of-living payments scrapped as spring budget ‘completely ignores disabled people’
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The government has been accused of “another missed opportunity” to support disabled people, after ending all cost-of-living payments, including the annual payment to those on disability benefits. Disabled campaigners warned that Jeremy Hunt’s budget could lead to further cuts to disabled […]

MPs say cost-of-living payments to disabled people should have been higher

By John Pring on 16th November 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

MPs say cost-of-living payments to disabled people should have been higher
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A committee of MPs has called for any further cost-of-living payments made by the government to disabled people to be increased in proportion to the extra disability-related costs they face. The Commons work and pensions committee concluded in its new report […]

Disabled people in Wales ‘systematically’ let down during cost-of-living crisis

By John Pring on 13th July 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disabled people in Wales ‘systematically’ let down during cost-of-living crisis
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Disabled people in Wales have been “systematically” let down by the UK and Welsh governments during the “devastating” cost-of-living crisis, a new report has found. The Barely Surviving report, launched this week by Disability Wales, says many disabled people in Wales […]

Thousands of disabled people tell MPs: Cost-of-living crisis is affecting our health

By John Pring on 25th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Thousands of disabled people tell MPs: Cost-of-living crisis is affecting our health
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Thousands of disabled people have told MPs how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting both their physical and mental health and forcing them to restrict their use of heating and hot water. More than 7,000 disabled people responded to a survey (PDF) […]

Cost-of-living debate sparked by petitions ‘provides campaigning momentum’

By John Pring on 25th May 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Cost-of-living debate sparked by petitions ‘provides campaigning momentum’
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Government support for disabled people in dealing with the extra costs they face has “barely scratched the surface” of their needs, a disabled MP has told a House of Commons debate. Labour’s Marsha de Cordova told fellow MPs on Monday that […]

Disabled people tell MPs of ‘bleak’ cost-of-living struggle

By John Pring on 2nd February 2023 Category: Politics

Disabled people tell MPs of ‘bleak’ cost-of-living struggle
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MPs have been told of the desperate struggle for survival many disabled people are facing because of their spiralling living costs. Members of the Commons women and equalities committee were hearing evidence yesterday (Wednesday) from two disabled people and a carer […]

Disability poverty campaign calls on PM to act urgently on prepayment meters

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disability poverty campaign calls on PM to act urgently on prepayment meters
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Disabled people’s organisations and allies have written to the prime minister to call for an immediate ban on energy companies forcibly installing pre-payment meters in the homes of disabled customers who have fallen into debt. The Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG) […]

Warning of ‘humanitarian crisis’ if governments fail to act on disability poverty

By John Pring on 19th January 2023 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Warning of ‘humanitarian crisis’ if governments fail to act on disability poverty
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The UK and Scottish governments have been warned of a humanitarian crisis among disabled people this winter if they fail to take “robust, immediate action” to deal with “devastating and intensifying” levels of disability poverty in Scotland. The warning was issued […]

DPO empowers disabled people to speak up about cost-of-living impact

By Tom McDonough on 3rd November 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DPO empowers disabled people to speak up about cost-of-living impact
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By Tom McDonough A user-led organisation is empowering disabled people to take more control of their finances and speak up about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis. Merton Centre for Independent Living (Merton CIL) has begun encouraging people to speak out […]

One in five disabled people can’t afford essentials, survey reveals

By John Pring on 20th October 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

One in five disabled people can’t afford essentials, survey reveals
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Disabled people are being “forgotten and effectively abandoned”, forced to rely on foodbanks, and having to cut back on how much they eat, because of the cost-of-living crisis, according to new research by 15 disabled people’s organisations in Greater Manchester. Disabled […]

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