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YOU WONT BELIEVE: 5 - What They Never Told You

Animal-loving couple travel the world rent-free while looking after people's pets

In return for free accommodation around the world, Julie and Jonathan Ashworth give clients the peace of mind of knowing their furry pals are receiving the best care

Daily Mirror

Greater Manchester could get more powers to help people off benefits and into work

Labour wants to give mayors like Andy Burnham more control over vital employment support schemes

Manchester Evening News

'Labour's plan for disabled people is the same as Tories - to push us into work'

Both Tories and Labour politicians are pledging to get disabled people back into work, but what about those of us who can’t work?

Daily Mirror

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Benefit sanctions will continue under Labour as party 'reforms' Universal Credit

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth said conditions on benefits were “important” to uphold people's “rights and responsibilities”, and will continue

Daily Mirror

Jobcentres to 'broker' work for over-50s in Labour plan after huge rise in long-term sick

Welfare chief Jonathan Ashworth pledged to “de-risk the journey into work” if Labour get into government - but he warned benefit sanctions would remain for some who refuse to engage

Daily Mirror

Labour pledge on repeat work assessments for ill or disabled

Shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth said Labour’s reforms would aim to “take away fear and distrust”.

The Independent UK

Thousands of benefit claimants to be spared reassessments under Labour DWP plan

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth will announce a string of planned reforms to the DWP system, in a bid to get more people into work

Daily Mirror

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Labour hoping to tempt retirees back to workforce with right to work from home

The party has also proposed the right to work fewer hours and the right to work at times that vary from week to week.

The Independent UK

State Pension back payments as thousands owed up to £6,900 this year

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is intending to correct State Pension underpayments by the end of 2023, as many people could be owed thousands of pounds.

Glasgow Live

Failure to support long Covid sufferers could add billions to benefits bill, Rishi Sunak warned

Exclusive: Labour says worklessness due to people suffering from the virus long-term could be costing £3bn a year

The Independent UK

Top Tory rejects closer ties with EU as Rishi Sunak faces new Brexit civil war

Rishi Sunak was hit by a furious Tory backlash over claims that his Government is considering a Swiss-style relationship with the EU to ease Brexit barriers to trade

Daily Mirror

DWP says no assessment made of the costs involved for means-testing PIP

Disability benefits including PIP, DLA and Attendance Allowance are not currently means-tested.

Daily Record

Millions worse off if PIP and disability benefits are means-tested

DWP refuses to rule out several disability benefits becoming means tested

The Independent UK

DWP could means-test PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits

PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits could all be affected

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New Tory welfare chief said cutting maternity rights would be 'better for business'

Mel Stride, who was appointed as Work and Pensions Secretary last week, complained that rules on leave for new mothers and fathers were too “onerous"

The Independent UK

Half a million Universal Credit claimants refused £326 cost of living payment

New figures reveal how many claimants missed out on £326 payment intended to help with cost of living crisis

Daily Mirror

Foodbank charity launches urgent winter appeal as it faces "tsunami of need"

Fears are growing that stock could run low as the Trussell Trust braces for its "worst winter yet"

The Independent UK

Half a million Universal Credit claimants refused £326 cost of living payment

New figures reveal how many claimants missed out on £326 payment intended to help with cost of living crisis

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The Independent UK

Government ‘ignoring’ official advice to boost sick pay for NHS staff with long Covid

Exclusive: Ministers have been told industrial injury disablement benefit should apply to long Covid

Daily Mirror

Major study on how benefit sanctions hit health is SCRAPPED after DWP pulls out

The author of the University of Glasgow study said it was 'really disappointing' after Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ministers decided 'not to proceed'

Nottingham Post

More than 550,000 DWP Universal Credit claimants denied cost of living payments

“It’s staggering," said Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth

Daily Mirror

Half a million DWP Universal Credit claimants DENIED £326 cost of living payment

More than 500,000 people who were on Universal Credit this summer did not get a vital cost of living payment to help with energy bills - due to the way it was assessed

The Independent UK

Tory MPs are plotting with Labour to ‘block benefits cuts’, shadow minister reveals

Jonathan Ashworth says unhappy Tories have ‘reached out’ to find way to block below-inflation rises

The Independent UK

Raising benefits in line with wages ‘would push 200,000 children into poverty’

Campaigners have warned ministers ‘U-turning on children’s futures cannot be an option’.

Wales Online

250% increase in searches for food banks since last March

Searches for urgent help from universal credit have also dramatically increased

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