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Attendance Allowance payments set to end for thousands of pensioners next month
Attendance Allowance
Older people with a disability or long-term health condition could be due either £73.90 or £110.40 each week.
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New call for review of PIP mobility assessment for people with a driving licence
Personal Independence Payments
A new online petition is calling for changes to the eligibility for a PIP mobility award.
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People with a hidden health condition could be eligible for a Blue Badge as a driver or passenger
Blue badge
If you are not automatically eligible, you may be able to get a Blue Badge under certain other circumstances.
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Pensioners with health conditions could be due up to £1,423 every month next year
State Pension
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment are providing extra financial support for over 1.7 million pensioners across the UK.
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Four groups of PIP claimants most-likely to get ongoing payment award of £749
Personal Independence Payments
More than 3.8 million PIP claimants are currently receiving between £29.20 and £187.45 every week.
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Pensioners most-likely to get Attendance Allowance payments for five years
Attendance Allowance
More than 1.7 million people currently receive either £73.90 or £110.40 each week through Attendance Allowance.
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Rachel Reeves could scrap luxury cars from Motability scheme used by 80,000 Scots
Disability
The Treasury is looking at axing subsidised luxury cars such as those made by Mercedes and BMW from the scheme in this month's Budget.
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Attendance Allowance rules older people should know or DWP payments could stop
Attendance Allowance
More than 1.7 million State Pensioners receive either £73.90 or £110.40 each week on the non-means tested benefit from the DWP.
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DWP confirms full scope of PIP review to ensure benefit is ‘fair and fit’ for the future
Personal Independence Payments
The daily living and mobility components will be under review, but there are no plans to means-test the benefit.
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DWP clarifies whether PIP could become means-tested under new reform plans
Personal Independence Payments
A full review of PIP will be completed before next Autumn.
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New PIP reforms could impact Blue Badge holders or people on Motability Scheme
Personal Independence Payments
A review of the full PIP assessment process for the daily living and mobility components will be completed by Autumn next year.
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Deaf dad left hospital thinking he had HIV after lack of BSL interpreter
Disability
Richard MacQueen, 42, believed he had been given the diagnosis for two days before the confusion was cleared up.
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New DWP update on plans for full review of PIP before next Autumn
Personal Independence Payments
The DWP has announced that disabled people will shape the Timms Review into PIP.
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Older people with health issues could boost annual State Pension by up to £5,740
Attendance Allowance
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment are tax-free benefits worth either £73.90 or £110.40 each week.
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People on disability benefits in Scotland will no longer get an assessment at review
Adult Disability Payment
New and existing claimants of Adult, Child or Pension Age Disability Payments may get a ‘client consultation’ instead.
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DWP confirms PIP mobility under review as part of plans for welfare reforms
Personal Independence Payments
Over three million PIP claimants receive either the standard or higher rate of the mobility component.
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Pensioners with health issues urged to contact charity for help claiming up to £441 every month
Benefits
Independent Age can help older people with health issues claim Attendance Allowance or Pension Age Disability Payment.
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Scotland’s benefit agency shares fastest way to get Adult Disability Payment award decision
Adult Disability Payment
This essential guidance can help anyone making a new claim for any of Scotland’s devolved disability benefits.
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Winter heating payment of £255 for young people on disability benefits before end of this week
Fuel bills
Child Winter Heating Payments will be issued automatically to almost 45,000 young disabled people in Scotland.
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DWP confirms timeline for proposed new changes to PIP daily living and mobility elements
Personal Independence Payments
The DWP has confirmed the mobility element of PIP is part of the Timms Review.
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Take an online 'PIP test' to see if proposed DWP changes could affect your payments
Personal Independence Payments
An independent benefits forum has updated its online PIP test to include proposed changes to the daily living component.
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New DWP update for people on PIP reporting a change in circumstances
Personal Independence Payments
The update is also important for anyone making a new claim for PIP or with a general query about their claim.
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DWP confirms cuts to Universal Credit health element will start in April
Universal Credit
New Universal Credit changes will see around four million households get an annual income boost estimated to be worth £725.
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New devolved payment rates from next April for people on ADP or other Scottish benefits
Adult Disability Payment
Social Security Scotland delivers disability benefits to people north of the border, not the DWP.
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