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  • Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes

    Inclusion · The Guardian

    Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes

    Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment Ministers are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a key disability benefit for under-25s and replacing it with a multibillion-pound package of support to get into work, the Guardian has learned. Whitehall sources said the package of changes under debate was much bigger than previously thought, as Andy Burnham’s government hopes to persuade more people on benefits back into work.

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  • Slew of lawsuits over disability access frustrates US cafe and shop owners

    Inclusion · The Guardian

    Slew of lawsuits over disability access frustrates US cafe and shop owners

    Small business owners say they’re being unfairly targeted – but disability advocates say violations must be dealt with Rodrigo Nogueira was met with a surprise in April 2025 when lawyers contacted him out of the blue. They asked whether he needed legal assistance over a summons his restaurant received for violating Title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). It was the first he had ever heard of it. The lawsuit listed 35 violations against No More Cafe, his restaurant in Manhattan’s East Village.

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  • Changing UK benefits for young people a ‘moral crusade’, says minister

    Inclusion · The Guardian

    Changing UK benefits for young people a ‘moral crusade’, says minister

    Pat McFadden urges Labour MPs to back overhauls, amid signs party looking to cut payments for some 16- to 24-year-olds Labour MPs have a moral responsibility to accept significant changes to the welfare system to help get more young people into work, the work and pensions secretary has said. In a sign he is looking to overhaul the welfare state, Pat McFadden said it was time for Labour to “renew” the system first created by the Clement Attlee government and given a new deal by New Labour.

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

    Inclusion · The Guardian

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

    Alan Milburn said 16- to 24-year-olds with most complex needs should not have to keep proving they cannot work 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. The review, by the former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn, will say 16- to 24-year-olds with the most severe lifelong needs should be guaranteed swift and unconditional benefit support rather than having to prove they cannot work.

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  • A moment that changed me: my brother gave me an unexpected gift – and a whole new life at sea

    Inclusion · The Guardian

    A moment that changed me: my brother gave me an unexpected gift – and a whole new life at sea

    The water was my childhood playground but, as I grew up, my health left me landbound. Then my brother found a way to launch me back into the waves ... My brother and I grew up surfing at Porthcawl in south Wales. My earliest memories are of playing in the waves and I learned to bodyboard not long after I learned to walk. When I lost the use of my legs, I felt as if I had lost the sea – and a part of who I was. I was in my teens when I started to develop chronic illnesses, including endometriosis. At first, I was still able to surf – I just needed to rest afterwards. Then, in my early 20s, I developed further chronic conditions, including a connective tissue disorder that affected my joints a

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