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The government is seeking to cut half a million people from the disability benefits list when the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is introduced.

The government has suffered a significant setback in its welfare reform agenda after the House of Lords defeated three of the coalition's main proposals.

Andrew Dilnot has branded suggestions that the government could delay moves to tackle long-term care reforms until 2025 as "unacceptable".

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is reportedly pushing for GPs to be required to encourage patients with long term medical conditions to go back to work.

Lord Robert Winston has slammed the government's Health and Social Care Bill saying there was "a hell of a lot wrong with it" and said it did not address patients basic medical needs.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) has called revelations of NHS Trusts using cost cutting tactics that result in patients dying or force them into private treatment as "a cynical approach" and "regrettable".

Any new legislation implementing private sector involvement in supporting the welfare state will not happen until a potential second term, according to the ABI.

More than half of Britons do not think they need to buy extra insurance because of the government's welfare reforms and big society agenda, new research has found.

Government reforms risk reducing accountability in the health system and potentially undermining the performance of key NHS organisations as a result, according to a new report.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) will not provide a gateway to the selling of protection products, according to think tank Reform.