Benefits change placing increased demand on NHS resources, MS charity warns
A “senseless” benefits test is costing the NHS almost £8 million a year as a result of extra GP appointments or attendance at A&E, a charity has claimed. The MS
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Benefit change leaves MS sufferer ‘exhausted and fearful for future’
A Northern Ireland woman who suffers from MS says the change of a key benefit has left her exhausted and fearful for the future. Melissa Leavy, 18, from Downpatrick, spoke
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Around 1,000 welfare claimants to recieve more money as Government drops legal challenge
Around 1,000 welfare claimants will be given more money after the Government dropped a legal challenge. An appeal against a decision that regulations were wrongly interpreted in a Personal Independence
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Lawyers call for halt to roll-out of universal credit after High Court ruling
Lawyers for two severely disabled men who won a High Court declaration that they had been unlawfully discriminated against have called on the Government to halt the roll-out of the
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Javid urged to set up emergency hardship fund for Windrush scandal victims
Home Secretary Sajid Javid has been urged to set up an emergency hardship fund to help people facing destitution as a result of the Windrush scandal. MPs said those left
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Call for more Government support for informal carers to pay energy bills
Informal carers’ energy bills are on average £176 higher than other bill payers and almost four in 10 struggle to pay them, a survey suggests. Some 38% of informal carers
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New study warns 1.5 million people left destitute by social security policies
The Government is being urged to reform the social security system after a new study revealed that 1.5 million people are “destitute”. Research for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) found
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New two-year action plan to support unpaid carers draws mixed response
New Government measures aimed at supporting carers have drawn a mixed response. The two-year action plan includes a scheme to boost employment help for carers, and a £500,000 innovations fund
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Ministers drop ‘yellow card’ benefits sanction after unconvincing trial results
A so-called “yellow card” system of benefit sanctions has been dropped by the Government after research suggested it was not worth the extra time and cost. Ministers have instead said
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Social workers highlight ‘unethical and degrading’ problems with two-child benefit cap
As part of a meeting facilitated by Gavin Robinson MP, the Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) met with Shailesh Vara MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern
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