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Government figures for the quarter to August 2011 reveal that 54% of people who go through the Work Capability Assessment are found fit for some form of work.

This month, the AMII elected a new chair. Owain Thomas spoke to the outgoing - and often outspoken - Andrew Tripp after two years leading the organisation.

More than one third of people going through Incapacity Benefit reassessment have been found to be fit for work, according to the first set of official statistics released today.

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 faces a few problems in the next 12 months when it comes to its strategy for funding care of the elderly. Peter Barnett outlines the twists and turns.

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.

Women are nearly three times more likely to take stress-related absence than men, according to new research.