Welfare reform

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.

Cirencester friendly has warned that the government's continued welfare reforms prove relying solely the State for support is a "fool's paradise" and urged the protection industry to push this point across.

The government looks set to force through its controversial welfare reforms without giving the House of Lords a chance to readdress the amendments it made.

Government ministers will aim to overturn the exclusion of means-testing of cancer patients receiving Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) as the coalition's government's Welfare Reform Bill moves back to the House of Commons.

Consumers increasingly appreciate the need for protection insurance when they are told about the limitations of state benefits, new research has found.

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

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.

Jelf Employee Benefits has predicted an upturn in group risk consultations in 2012.