disability

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

Disabled people living in residential care will continue to have their additional mobility needs met, the Government has announced.

The government seems likely to be forced into a u-turn over its decision to cut the mobility component of disability living allowance (DLA).

Disability and working age benefits will rise by 5.2% next year, the Chancellor has announced.

Disability charities are horrified at government plans to cut employment and support allowance (ESA) during appeals.

Fifty charities have hit out at the government for using ‘dangerously misleading' benefit claims statistics that are contributing to hatred towards disabled people.

Disability rights campaigners have hit out at a report by MPs which concluded the process used to decide claimants' eligibility for benefits is working well.

Disabled people receiving the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will be subject to regular reassessments and the majority of cases will be fixed-term payments.

Unum has warned that the Welfare Reform Bill will mean benefits are harder to come by while the Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB) claims reforms are unfair to the sick.

Disability campaigners have hit back at government plans that will see banks pay less than disabled people to cut the national deficit.