A SENIOR Government tsar says Britain’s welfare state is so lax even she would qualify as disabled. Baroness Louise Casey ...

Explore Britain's benefits time bomb as PIP claims double in five years, impacting welfare costs and policy debates.

Tens of thousands more people claiming sickness and disability benefits are set to receive tailored one-to-one support, ...

Britain’s disability bill is on an unsustainable trajectory. Since August 2019, the number of individuals claiming personal ...

Ministers are looking at restricting cash payments for the UK’s main disability benefit after the number of claimants doubled since the pandemic to 4mn. The rise in the claims for personal ...

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Britain’s benefits bill for people with bad backs has more than doubled to almost £1.9bn a year, new figures have revealed.

A KEY disability benefit is not working for millions of disabled ­people and needs fundamental reform, a government review has concluded. The review’s author, disability minister Sir Stephen Timms, ...

A record number of people are now claiming disability benefits for anxiety - with 250 handed the benefit every day under Labour. Almost 650,000 people were claiming Personal Independence Payments (PIP ...