Welfare reform

The Scottish BMA is concerned UK welfare reform legislation will lead to poorer health in Scotland.

Thousands on sickness benefits have been found fit to work and will receive no further support under welfare system reforms.

Royal assent has been given to the Legal Aid: Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012, which removes legal aid from a series of welfare issues.

The government's controversial welfare reforms have received Royal Ascent and so been adopted into law.

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.