David Bentley
Content Writer at Birmingham Mail
Content writer (Birmingham Live, focusing on DWP, money, travel), music/movie geek, award-winning blogger (Geek Files), ex-DJ, beard pioneer. Views are my own
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msn.com | David Bentley |Katie Green
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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msn.com | Katie Green |David Bentley |Adam Cailler
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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birminghammail.co.uk | David Bentley
Over 1.4 million people get PIP to help with mental ill-health and neurodivergent conditions but there are changes coming to eligibilityDWP data indicates how the new PIP shake-up will affect people with mental health problems and neurodivergent conditions(Image: shared content unit)PIP claimants with mental health issues and neurodivergent conditions will be among those who are affected by Labour's reforms of disability benefits.
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autism.einnews.com | David Bentley
Over 1.4 million people get PIP to help with mental ill-health and neurodivergent conditions but there are changes coming to eligibilityDWP data indicates how the new PIP shake-up will affect people with mental health problems and neurodivergent conditions(Image: shared content unit)PIP claimants with mental health issues and neurodivergent conditions will be among those who are affected by Labour's reforms of disability benefits.
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birminghammail.co.uk | David Bentley
June is the sweet spot of the gardening year and your chance to ensure your outside spaces are bursting with colour and lifeWork through our gardening to-do list this month to get your lawns and borders ready for summer(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)Summer's nearly here and although that recent spell of beautiful sunshine has been replaced by bursts of rain and showers, that only means our lawns, shrubs and flower-filled borders are even more ready to burst into life.
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I do agree Winter Fuel Payment must be more targeted. Hopefully the Household Support Fund given out by councils will also be more targeted and less of a postcode lottery, as it could offer energy support to older people who are just over the threshold for Pension Credit
So, the PIP reforms consultation is over (as of 11.59pm last night). What do people think should/will happen next? https://t.co/LekrcCaZX1
Not convinced by calls to lift the two-child cap on Universal Credit. That would make welfare, not work, a solution to family budgeting (and family planning). It feels like oppositional politics, not a common-sense solution @bphillipsonMP @leicesterliz https://t.co/dEgoi7IUBs