“The horror stories I have heard”: DLA to PIP
I’m 65 this month, for the first time in my life I had to use a food bank” Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is the benefit that is gradually replacing Disability Living Allowance (DLA). Even if...
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Third of disabled people living in cold homes
Scope research finds that many disabled people are struggling with energy costs. A third of disabled people have cut their energy consumption over the last year to afford their bills, disability charity Scope has said....
Half of low income households at risk of missing out on vital welfare support
New research by the national charity Turn2us has found that almost half (48%) of low income households are not claiming the welfare benefits and tax credits they could be entitled to. This is despite the...