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Adult Disability Payment

Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville
Adult Disability Payment

'Serious questions' over falling number of Scots awarded disability benefits

Sally Donald has now been told she is liable to pay back £19,000 in ADP Sally Donald has now been told she is liable to pay back £19,000 in ADP
2026 Holyrood election
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Ex-SNP Holyrood candidate told to repay £20,000 in benefits

First Minister John Swinney First Minister John Swinney
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John Swinney vows not to scrap disability benefits after 'despicable' Tory attack

Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville made the statement on Thursday as part of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee's pre-budget scrutiny Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville made the statement on Thursday as part of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee's pre-budget scrutiny
Adult Disability Payment
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Disability benefits uptake rise due to reduced 'stigma and judgment', minister says

The independent review highlighted that while the ADP is significantly more compassionate than the UK benefit it replaced, some people still face barriers, complexity and distress when applying for it The independent review highlighted that while the ADP is significantly more compassionate than the UK benefit it replaced, some people still face barriers, complexity and distress when applying for it
Adult Disability Payment
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Calls for disability benefits to be simplified and more accessible following review

Carolynne Hunter and her daughter Freya Carolynne Hunter and her daughter Freya
EXCLUSIVE
Adult Disability Payment
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UK Government 'must take humane Scottish approach to disability payments'

The discussion around benefits has been reduced to a book-balancing exercise The discussion around benefits has been reduced to a book-balancing exercise
COMMENT
Adult Disability Payment
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This is what it's actually like to apply for disability benefits

Scotland's Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville (left), UK Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall (right) Scotland's Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville (left), UK Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall (right)
EXPLAINED
Adult Disability Payment
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What is the difference between PIP and ADP?

Shirley-Anne Somerville has accused Ian Murray of 'not understanding' how devolution works Shirley-Anne Somerville has accused Ian Murray of 'not understanding' how devolution works
Exclusive
Adult Disability Payment
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Ian Murray 'does not understand how devolution works', SNP minister says

Around 17,400 people live with Multiple Sclerosis in Scotland – the equivalent of one in every 300 Scots Around 17,400 people live with Multiple Sclerosis in Scotland – the equivalent of one in every 300 Scots
EXCLUSIVE
Adult Disability Payment
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Inside Scotland’s ‘disability-unfriendly cities’ – and what needs to change

DWP Secretary Liz Kendall (left) and Prime Minister Keir Starmer DWP Secretary Liz Kendall (left) and Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Labour Party
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Westminster 'worsening disability stigma' amid DWP cuts, minister warns

The rhetoric, both in our politics and our media, needs to change The rhetoric, both in our politics and our media, needs to change
LIVED EXPERIENCE
Politics
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I'm disabled, working, and on benefits – why does Labour say I’m the problem?

John McTernan on the campaign trail with Tony Blair during the Scottish elections in 2007 John McTernan on the campaign trail with Tony Blair during the Scottish elections in 2007
Disability
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Benefits crackdown 'doomed to fail', warns senior Blair-era Labour figure

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