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Macmillan Cancer Support has highlighted continuing problems with the Personal Independence Payment, as highlighted by the Government's own Work and Pensions Committee (WPC), labelling claims backlogs as "appalling".

The government has approved a recommendation by the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to increase the national minimum wage (NMW) to £6.50 per hour in October this year.

Employment minister Jo Swinson MP has urged employers to invest in the wellbeing of their workforce - noting that there was growing evidence for benefits to businesses and the wider economy when doing so.

The ABI and Government have signed a joint Statement of Intent setting out steps needed to help people understand their long term care costs and plan to ensure adequate funding.

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.

Pensioners could have to pay out £150,000 on long-term care before the government will step in, according to the Labour party.

The government has extended the £500 tax relief for employer funded return to work treatments to include all those arranged by employer occupational health services.

The Government has announced the introduction of a cap on total welfare spending.

Aviva and Legal and General are among the six insurers that have agreed to collectively invest £25bn in UK infrastructure over the next five years.

People on sickness benefits will be required to have regular meetings with healthcare professionals or face losing benefits - in a two-year pilot scheme in central England, beginning in November.