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Work and pensions secretary says Benefits crackdown will save £5bn by 2030 but disability charities say cuts are ‘immoral’

THE Westminster Government is increasing stigma around mental health and disability as it defends imminent cuts to disability benefits, a Scottish…

Sir Keir Starmer’s plans to cut disability benefits continue to dominate Tuesday’s headlines.

Employees need a crucial set of functions from their employers related to long-term disability cases particularly regarding reasonable accommodation provision. Working through these requirements demands both full comprehension of legal mandates alongside the establishment of fair workplace support.

The number of people in England and Wales claiming either sickness or disability benefit has soared from 2.8 million to about 4.0 million since 2019.

Major reforms to welfare are expected to be announced today

Changes could deny benefits to people who need help to wash or to remember to go to the toilet

As the OECD downgraded British growth forecasts, chancellor Rachel Reeves is still arguing over details of benefits cuts ahead of a major statement in the Commons

The messaging that suggests poverty is caused by low aspiration and that disability is a choice could have come straight from the Conservatives’ playbook, writes Zoe Williams

THE UK Government is reportedly set to introduce a sweeping range of social security reforms in a bid to slash £6 billion off the benefits bill ...

Spending in 2023/24 was equivalent to 10.9% of gross domestic product, or the total value of the economy.