4 h. ago Top tips to help people making a new claim for devolved disability benefits

New checklist from Social Security Scotland to help people making a new claim for Adult, Child or Pension Age Disability Payments.

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10 h. ago I'm a slob. Is this new technique really going to help me 'gamify' my way to a clean home?

Is The Organised Method enough to reverse chaotic habits built over a lifetime? Self-confessed slob, Katie Scott, tries it out

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9 d. ago Celebrate the rise of accessible design – it benefits everyone

I’ve spent almost a decade working in the luxury fashion industry because I want more representation and respect for disabled customersFashion is a vocabulary. Clothing communicates parts of who we are, what we are interested in and how we want to be seen. It reveals choices that we make – but it also exposes lack of choice.I am a disabled woman; I have dwarfism. My disability and stature is obvious and often shapes a first interaction. I’ve learned to love scouring through rails of clothes in high street stores and charity shops, and taking the items for alterations to make sure they fit. I know that if there are patterns or embroidery near the shoulder or ankle of a garment, altering it won’t work. I’ve found that jeans and trousers have to be elasticated at the back so they go over my hips with ease and don’t gape at the back. I’ve also learned that dresses and skirts should have an asymmetrical hemline to accommodate the curve in my spine. As I’ve got ol...

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1 week ago 'Red flags' to look out for on bank statements including your payslip and issues moving home

Angela Little, who runs A Little Mortgage Advice, has shared some top tips that many people don't think about

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2 w. ago Pensioners in Scotland may need to claim devolved heating payments of up to £305

Pension Age Winter Heating Payment will be issued automatically to most people, but some need to claim.

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2 w. ago Payment warning to people making a new claim for devolved disability benefits

Crucial advice for people getting help to make a new claim for Adult, Child or Pension Age Disability Payment.

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2 w. ago DWP payments of £560 for those with a disability or health condition

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit is designed to help disabled people and those with a long-term health condition who are unable to work

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3 w. ago Unpaid carers making a new claim for devolved benefit also qualify for £293 extra payment

The qualifying date for the December payment of Carer's Allowance Supplement is October 13.

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3 w. ago A Noble Madness by James Delbourgo review – the dark side of collecting

From jewellery to the Parthenon marbles, why do people collect things? And what happens when interest tips into obsession?James Delbourgo, a professor of history at Rutgers University, New Jersey, says that his latest work is less a book about collecting than it is about the “cultural idea” of collecting. Does this need illuminating? Hasn’t collecting long been seen as one of the more refined arts? A way for the educated and wealthy to show off their learning, taste, urbanity? Collectors escape the shackles of the present, throw lifelines to a disappearing past, replenish the future. Sure, says Delbourgo. But he is also interested in telling the story of how – through the ages and across continents, in the popular and sometimes political imagination – collectors have been seen as introverts and perverts, as thieves and predators, as enemies of the humanity and humanism they espouse.The major religions have always been suspicious about collecting, which they associate ...

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4 w. ago Top 10 money tips for graduates and school leavers starting work

Handy guide for people having to manage their own money for the first time.

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last month DWP to send huge payouts to thousands on Universal Credit as lawyers urge further action

The DWP failed to adequately protect the income of disabled people who were transferred from legacy benefits to Universal Credit, according to lawyers

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