👤 Patrick Butler

2026-10-01 · The Guardian · Politics

Welfare changes under debate include ending key disability benefit for under-25s

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2026-09-21 · The Guardian · Health

Young people’s Pip claims for ADHD and autism ‘rising fastest in affluent areas’

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2026-10-26 · The Guardian · Politics

Carers allowed to earn over the weekly limit without losing out as ‘cliff-edge’ abolished in the budget

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2026-09-30 · The Guardian · Politics

Sixteen English councils spend more than 80% of core funding on social care

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2026-09-26 · The Guardian · Politics

Severely disabled young people should get fast-track access to benefits, Milburn says

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2026-09-22 · The Guardian · Economy/Business

Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as housing benefit gap grows

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2026-09-18 · The Guardian

🔮 “It is a fundamental human right that individuals with disabilities should have the same freedoms, opportunities and choices to travel as any able-bodied person would.” assertive

2026-09-21 · The Guardian

🔮 It may also reflect the ability of more privileged individuals to navigate a notoriously difficult and unpredictable Pip claims process, Gainsbury said. mixed

2026-09-22 · The Guardian

🔮 The monthly rent for her two-bedroom flat far outstrips the local housing allowance (LHA) she receives – and the gap may widen. assertive

2026-09-26 · The Guardian

🔮 Young people whose complex disabilities mean they have little prospect of getting a paid job should get fast-track access to disability benefits, an official review of youth employment will say. assertive

2026-09-30 · The Guardian

🔮 Speaking at the Labour conference on Tuesday, the prime minister announced that the government would begin laying the groundwork for a National Care Service to be introduced after the next election, paid for in part by changing the earnings element of the triple lock. assertive

2026-10-01 · The Guardian

🔮 The extra support will include subsidised jobs for younger people, more targeted “back to work” schemes and support with mental health, as part of a drive to help more of the nation’s one million 16 to 24-year-olds not in work, employment or training (Neets) back into the workplace. As part of the same package, officials are looking at a new system to replace the Pip, which is claimed by four million people, after attempts to change existing eligibility criteria were rejected by MPs last year. One possible plan is for a separate regime to apply to the under-25 agegroup, with reduced or withdrawn entitlements – although those with the most severe and debilitating disabilities would not lose any money. More broadly, officials are working up plans under the replacement system for a new set of eligibility criteria and assessments for the extra costs of disability, and looking at whether this would apply to all claimants of working age, or those below a cut-off point such as 50 or 60. assertive

2026-10-26 · The Guardian

🔮 A carer who earned a penny over the limit for a year would breach it by 52p but would be asked to repay £4,495.40. assertive