Department of Work and Pensions

Thousands on sickness benefits have been found fit to work and will receive no further support under welfare system reforms.

From 30 April people who are able to get back into the workplace will get contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA (C)) for a maximum of 12 months.

The government's controversial welfare reforms have received Royal Ascent and so been adopted into law.

More than a quarter of a million people are claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) because of mental and behavioural disorders, research has revealed.

Aegon has published a guide to State bereavement payments that will be issued with all death claim packs.

Bereavement benefits need to be altered to better support those who have suffered the death of a loved one, government research has found.

The government could force people judged too sick or disabled to be employed to do unlimited unpaid work or risk losing their benefits.

Grieving clients could be missing out on thousands of pounds worth of state bereavement benefits, RGA has said.

Medical evidence used to decide claimants' eligibility for state benefits is frequently ‘seriously inaccurate', the Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB) has revealed.

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.