37 h. ago It's time we wiped the smirks off the smug little faces of all the benefit cheats pretending to be disabled. These scroungers should be ASHAMED

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves is, rightly, raising the bar on who can qualify for disability benefits. She may be wrong in a lot of respects, but on this I can't fault her.

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3 d. ago List of DWP benefits and people who qualify for Disabled Person's Railcard

A Disabled Persons Railcard saves you a third off train journeys and covers people with certain disabilities as well as those in receipt of specific benefits - here's everything you need to know and a full list of those eligible

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3 d. ago A quarter of Brits now say they are DISABLED as number soars by 40 per cent in a decade to almost 17 million amid row over benefit cuts

Some 16.8 million people say they have a mental or physical impairment that 'causes substantial difficulty' in their day-to-day life, according to government data.

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4 d. ago Rachel Reeves' 'clumsy' Labour deputy makes grovelling apology for comparing disabled benefits cuts to reducing a child's pocket money 

Darren Jones admitted that he had been 'tactless' when he compared the drive to get millions of people back into work to telling a teen to get a weekend job instead of accepting a handout.

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4 d. ago Rachel Reeves accused of 'balancing books on backs of poor' with Spring Statement benefit cuts

Blaming increased global uncertainty, Rachel Reeves squeezed £4.8billion out of sickness and disability benefits, leaving disabled people, their families and carers to bear the brunt

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4 d. ago More pressure on the NHS, disability benefits claimants 'degraded' and hiked stamp duty leaving first

Rachel Reeves has been forced to make further welfare cuts after the budget watchdog said the Government's plans will not save as much as ministers hoped.

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5 d. ago Stamp duty disappointment for homebuyers as no reprieve on looming tax hike

There will be no stamp duty reprieve for homebuyers after the Chancellor made no u-turn during today's Spring Statement in parliament.

Economics

5 d. ago Thousands of people buying a home face stamp duty hike next week after Spring Statement

Stamp duty is a tax that is paid when you purchase a property over a certain price and the thresholds for when it applies are being lowered from next week

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5 d. ago ‘I’m terrified’: Disabled benefit claimants on the impact of Labour’s £5 billion cuts to welfare

Welfare recipients tell The Independent what losing their health-related benefits would mean to them

Economics

6 d. ago This government has one last chance to take a progressive path. Otherwise, we’re at the point of no return | John McDonnell

In her spring statement, I urge Rachel Reeves to look beyond short-term economic stability – and towards tackling long-term inequalityIf someone read out the following list of policies, which party would you think was in power? Depriving 2 million pensioners of the winter fuel allowance. Refusing to scrap the two-child benefit cap to lift nearly half a million children out of poverty. Raising tuition fees for students by more than the rate of inflation. Cutting overseas aid to the poorest people across the globe by half. Cutting £5bn from benefits for disabled people. Introducing a new round of cuts to government department spending and laying off 50,000 public sector workers.I very much doubt even 12 months ago you would have thought that this would be the Labour party in government.John McDonnell is the independent MP for Hayes and Harlington. He was shadow chancellor for Labour from 2015 to 2020 Continue reading...

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7 d. ago AD FEATURE: Disabled pensioners in Scotland urged to apply for new benefit

Pension Age Disability Payment is designed to support pensioners who require significant care and assistance

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1 week ago DWP benefit changes have left people 'terrified of how they might survive', charity warns

The Trussell Trust has warned that the overhaul to the benefits system announced earlier this week will push more disabled people to use foodbanks

Events

1 week ago Worst of winter pressures ‘over’ for NHS as virus numbers fall

Flu levels are now at their lowest for more than three months.

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1 week ago What do I need to score to get Pip disability payments? How are they changing and what is happening to Universal Credit? All your questions answered as Labour slashes £5billion off welfare budget

Personal Independence Payment (Pip) is a tax-free benefit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland aimed at helping the disabled with the increased cost of living associated with their conditions.

Economics

1 week ago What are PIP disability payments, how are they changing and how will you be affected? All your questions answered as Labour slashes £5billion off the welfare budget

Personal Independence Payment (Pip) is a tax-free benefit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland aimed at helping the disabled with the increased cost of living associated with their conditions.

Economics

1 week ago Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off

Welfare secretary announces changes aimed at cutting bill by up to £5bn in face of opposition from Labour MPsUK politics live – latest updatesLiz Kendall, the welfare secretary, has faced down angry Labour MPs to unveil drastic cuts to the UK’s benefits system that will leave many sick and disabled claimants worse off.The measures, which the government argues are needed to “fix the broken benefits system” and balance the nation’s books, are expected to cut £5bn from the benefits bill by the end of the decade. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago London Homebuyers in Last Ditch Effort to Dodge Stamp Duty Hike

London Homebuyers in Last Ditch Effort to Dodge Stamp Duty Hike  Bloomberg

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2 w. ago Disabled people to get ‘right to try’ work without risk of losing benefits

In an attempt to stave off a growing Labour rebellion, the government has offered up a concession in its plan to slash the welfare bill

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2 w. ago Disabled to get ‘right to try’ work without risk of losing benefits

The Government is expected to announce a series of reforms aimed at cutting the welfare bill in the coming days.

Events

2 w. ago Disabled 'will feel forced to end lives' by combination of assisted dying law and slashed benefits, British paralympics star reveals

Tanni Grey-Thompson, the holder of 11 paralympic gold medals, said the combination of a welfare squeeze and assisted dying legislation was 'extremely worrying'.

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