An overhaul of sick pay and housing for disabled people has been announced by the Prime Minister. Up to 300,000 new accessible and adaptable homes could be delivered every year,
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One in four council jobs has been axed or outsourced in the past decade as a result of austerity, a new study suggests. Staff numbers have halved in some local
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A coalition of more than 80 disability charities has made an official complaint about “deliberately misleading” government adverts for Universal Credit. The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) highlighted a recent advertising
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Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has said she is cutting the maximum financial sanctions for benefit claimants in a drive to ensure the system is “fair and compassionate” for
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Children from poorer backgrounds are twice as likely to be out of work because of a “youth jobs gap” between rich and poor, a new study suggests. Research by charity
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A £1 billion bill is expected for fixing botched disability benefits, MPs have warned. Vulnerable claimants lost out on £340 million support due to systemic errors when disability payments were
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The Government department dealing with disabled people has “limited evidence” of what works to support them into employment, according to an official report. The National Audit Office (NAO) said the
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More than half of Universal Credit claimants have money “deducted” from their benefits by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), new figures have shown. Figures released in response to
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A new plan has been launched to help support people with learning disabilities. There are 26,349 people with learning disabilities in Scotland with only 7% employed and 6.2% in further
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Eight in 10 households affected by the benefit cap cannot escape it and should be removed from its scope, ministers have been urged. The Work and Pensions Select Committee called
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