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More than six million disabled people across the UK have been paid a £150 Cost of Living Payment.

• Updated: 27 June 2023

Statement by Minister Pursglove at the UN General Assembly Debate on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP16).

• Updated: 13 June 2023

MORE than 25,000 people with health conditions will be helped to start and stay in work thanks to over £58m in new government funding.

• Updated: 10 June 2023

More than six million disabled people in the UK will receive their one-off £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment from 20 June.

• Updated: 18 May 2023

An opportunity for members of the public to learn about the work of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC).

• Updated: 12 May 2023

The Minister for Employment has written to SSAC responding to points raised about The Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2021.

• Updated: 27 April 2023

More people nearing the end of their lives will receive vital, fast-tracked financial support, thanks to legislation passed last week.

• Updated: 1 November 2022

New laws introduced entitling unpaid carers to 1 week of unpaid leave a year.

• Updated: 21 October 2022

As of today (30 September) the Department for Work and Pensions has processed almost six million £150 Disability Cost of Living payments worth around £900 million.

• Updated: 30 September 2022

The government has confirmed payments of benefits due to land in accounts on Monday 19 September will be made early.

• Updated: 16 September 2022

Around 6 million disabled people in the UK will receive their one-off £150 disability Cost of Living payment from 20 September, the government has confirmed today.

• Updated: 22 August 2022

Fast-track benefit access to be extended to those nearing the end of their life on Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Attendance Allowance (AA).

• Updated: 13 May 2022

Information about DWP pension and benefit payments for people in Yemen.

• Updated: 29 April 2022

More people nearing the end of their life will have fast-track access to financial support through the benefits system thanks to new rules coming into force today.

• Updated: 3 April 2022

Correspondence between the Minister for Welfare Delivery and the SSAC on The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) Amendment Regulations 2021.

• Updated: 11 February 2022

The online meeting will aim to give members of the public, their representatives, and people with a professional interest in occupational diseases, the opportunity to learn and ask questions about the Council’s work.

• Updated: 12 November 2021

The new Health and Disability Green Paper – launched today – will pave the way for a fairer future of the benefits system to better meet the needs of disabled people and those with health conditions.

• Updated: 20 July 2021

Fast-tracked access to benefits will be extended to more people diagnosed with a terminal illness, increasing the support for those nearing the end of their lives.

• Updated: 8 July 2021

In line with the latest public health guidance and adhering to strict safety protocols, the department plans to begin reintroducing face-to-face assessments for health and disability benefits.

• Updated: 29 March 2021

IIAC announces its intention to carry out a review of selected malignant and non-malignant respiratory diseases and the relationships between occupational exposures.

• Updated: 15 January 2021