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The government could force people judged too sick or disabled to be employed to do unlimited unpaid work or risk losing their benefits.
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.
Medical evidence used to decide claimants’ eligibility for state benefits is frequently ‘seriously inaccurate’, the Citizens’ Advice Bureau (CAB) has revealed.
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Disability and working age benefits will rise by 5.2% next year, the Chancellor has announced.
Better communication throughout the Employment Support Allowance (ESA) system and an audit of decision makers’ rulings have been recommended by an independent review.
The Work and Pensions Secretary has vowed that employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants appealing their ineligibility decision will not have their benefit payments stopped.
The number of women claiming sickness benefits is rising much faster than for men according to analysis of Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) statistics by Legal & General.
Fewer appeals against Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) decisions are being found in the claimants favour, according to government statistics.
Fewer claimants are being found eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) despite government claims that the benefits system is providing greater protection for disabled people.
Cancer patients already severely struggling with financial difficulties because of their illness could be hit with “catastrophic” effects if welfare reform proceeds, MacMillan Cancer Support has warned.
More than half of SME employers fear the cost impact of the government's health and welfare reforms, according to Jelf Group.
Disability charities are horrified at government plans to cut employment and support allowance (ESA) during appeals.
The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) has produced a ‘myth buster’ factsheet issuing a stark warning for potential future claimants about the realities of the impending welfare reforms.
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