The Government must do more to support disabled people to stay in work, campaigners have said. Research released on Tuesday by the Business Disability Forum (BDF), a non-profit membership organisation
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Economic inactivity among 18 to 24-year-olds due to ill-health has nearly doubled over the past decade, according to new research. Most of those are struggling with education, with four in
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Landlords collected almost £9 billion in rent for sub-standard privately-rented homes across England in 2020, analysis has suggested. The City Hall findings have been branded “a scandal” and “an outrage”,
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Workers with average earnings would have to save for 400 years to benefit from Jeremy Hunt’s tax cut for people with pension pots worth more than £1 million, Labour has
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A charity has called for a new benefit to be paid to older adult unpaid carers receiving the State Pension after 82% of them said in a new report that
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Proposed reforms aimed at getting more people into work have left disabled people feeling anxious and could expose them to bad practice, MPs have heard. Changes outlined by the Government
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Food bank usage in Scotland and the north of England is the highest in the UK, according to official figures. The Family Resources Survey, published by the Department for Work
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More than half a million people on benefits – including those recovering from surgery – are likely to see their support cut back as a result of the Government’s welfare
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The mother of a disabled child whose energy bill almost quadrupled in a year said she feels the Government is “turning its back” on the most vulnerable families. Karen Tilley
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Record numbers of first-time callers worried about money and jobs contacted Samaritans for help last month. The charity said it had an average of 400 calls a day in February
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