4 h. ago New calls to ‘stop PIP cuts’ and protect vulnerable people on disability benefits

Planned changes to health and disability benefits are set to start next year.

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30 h. ago UK government under fire from SNP for 'devastating' cut to refugee child benefits

The UK government has cut child benefits for refugee families, in a move branded “worrying” by the SNP.

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50 h. ago Keir Starmer warned at least 80 Labour MPs could lose their seats as their majorities are smaller than the number of constituents who are set to have their disability benefits cut

Those opposed to the squeeze on benefits are using an analysis of data to highlight the 'real electoral risk' of the Prime Minister's actions.

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57 h. ago Sadiq Khan reveals which London schools will benefit from project to cut carbon and energy bills

City Hall estimates scheme will allow schools to each save an average of almost £15,000 on their energy bills

Science

58 h. ago Khan reveals which London schools will benefit from project to cut carbon and energy bills

City Hall estimates scheme will allow schools to each save an average of almost £15,000 on their energy bills

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4 d. ago DWP lists seven conditions likely to secure PIP payments despite upcoming benefit cuts

The DWP has revealed new figures detailing the Personal Independence Payment claimants most likely to benefit from the disability benefit with PIP payments set to rise this month

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4 d. ago The ‘new world order’ of the past 35 years is being demolished before our eyes. This is how we must proceed | Gordon Brown

We have seen the conflict and tragedy that can follow when an old era collapses. Countries that believe in multilateralism must come together nowThis is the second in a two-part series on the global response to Donald Trump’s tariffs Read part one: Trump is pushing the world towards recession. By learning the lessons of 2008, we can still prevent itAfter a week that started with the worst financial volatility in recent history and ended with the most serious escalation so far of the China-US conflict, it is time to distinguish the tectonic shifts from the tremors. If nothing changes, the 2020s risks being remembered as this century’s devil’s decade – the term historians once used for the 1930s. It will be defined not just by seven million people who have died of Covid-19 and rising global poverty and inequality – but also by a dismembered Ukraine, a burnt-out Gaza and little-reported atrocities in Africa and Asia, each testimony to the violent displacement of a rules-based global or...

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5 d. ago New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line

The state, which has long ranked worst in the US for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare to a majority of familiesThere was a moment, just before the pandemic, when Lisset Sanchez thought she might have to drop out of college because the cost of keeping her three children in daycare was just too much.Even with support from the state, she and her husband were paying $800 a month – about half of what Sanchez and her husband paid for their mortgage in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Labour’s welfare cuts consultation called a ‘sham’ as PIP changes not up for discussion

Campaigners have called the conversation a ‘sham’ as people are invited to discuss only half of the proposals

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5 d. ago Gabby Logan's husband left 'hosing down blood' after horrific moment at party

Gabby Logan revealed an unfortunate incident at a party in her house left her husband cleaning up blood and a guest being rushed to hospital after 'lifesaving intervention'

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5 d. ago Gabby Logan's husband Kenny was left ‘hosing down blood’ at party before hospital dash

Gabby Logan revealed an unfortunate incident at a party in her house left her husband cleaning up blood and a guest being rushed to hospital after 'lifesaving intervention'

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6 d. ago Government's first back to work scheme rolls out in London as benefits cuts loom

West London is the first area in the country to get funding from the Government’s ‘Connect to Work’ programme, which aims to support 100,000 people per year people into jobs as disability payments are cut

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7 d. ago MPs could vote on benefit cuts before knowing full details, Starmer says

Labour says its welfare reforms are designed to help people into work – but MPs might have to take that on faith

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7 d. ago You really have changed your tune, Sir Keir! Prime Minister says he 'personally struggles' with once

The Prime Minister said he 'personally struggled' with the Office for Budget Responsibility's (OBR) approach in assessing a package of welfare reforms in the Spring Statement.

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7 d. ago Starmer: MPs could vote on benefit cuts before knowing how they could help

Labour says its welfare reforms are designed to help people into work – but MPs might have to take that on faith

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8 d. ago Scottish Labour MP warns UK Government welfare cuts will plunge people into 'deeper poverty'

Katrina Murray sounded the alarm as she launched a consultation with her constituents on proposals to cut nearly £5bn from the welfare budget.

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9 d. ago State Pension warning as bills and benefit cuts could 'wipe out' triple lock

The basic state pension rose by £361.40 this month under the triple lock formula - but this could be almost entirely eaten up by rising household bills

Events

1 week ago ‘Profiting from misery’: how TikTok makes money from child begging livestreams

Exploitation fears as people in extreme poverty perform stunts and beg for virtual giftsThree young children huddle in front of a camera, cross-legged and cupping their hands. “Please support me. We are very poor,” says a boy, staring down the lens.They appear to be in a mud-brick hut in Afghanistan, living in extreme poverty. But their live stream is reaching viewers in the UK and worldwide – via TikTok Live. Continue reading...

Society

1 week ago Accessible side hustles and ways to make extra money if you have a disability

MoneyMagpie Editor and financial expert Vicky Parry explores how disabled people can top up their income – especially if they face getting PIP and benefits cut

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1 week ago 'We're disabled, getting PIP cash and show you can be sexy – despite what trolls say'

EXCLUSIVE: After the UK government caused controversy over the DWP benefits reform - or cuts - we spoke to disability advocate Holly Fleet who is trying to change the face of what being disabled 'is'

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