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Almost a million people who applied for sickness benefit have instead been found fit for work, according to the latest government figures.

The government has published a new strategy setting out ideas to help more disabled people and those with health conditions get into and stay in work.

The amount of experienced occupational health therapists available is "not enough to meet the timescale" of the government's new health and work scheme, an independent occupational health adviser says.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that it expects the independent assessment service to be phased in gradually across the country from October 2014, with the service being available nationally by April 2015.

The National Audit Office (NAO) has concluded the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has not achieved value for money in implementing Universal Credit and has suffered a series of setbacks as a result.

Disability charities have slammed the government's Workplace Capability Assessments (WCA) as ‘farcical' as those with progressive conditions are being advised they could consider a return to work.

Due to new methods of gathering data, it may be possible to predict future income protection claimants. Wilson Carswell explains.

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is taking action to improve Work Capability Assessments (WCA) by bringing in additional providers, the minister for employment has announced.

The government's programme of disability benefit reforms have been introduced across the UK.

Businesses who do not tap into Britain's growing older population could suffer skills shortages and lose an important competitive edge, according to a new guide released by the Department for Work and Pensions.