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As hundreds of incapacity benefits are reassessed under the government’s plan to reform the welfare system, Channel 4 News hears from a claimant worried that changes may affect his health.
Millions of people who claim welfare benefits could see them scrapped – and replaced with one “universal credit” under a deal agreed with the Treasury.
Jon Snow
I’m not sure I can remember a UK political party gathering that has been so full of uknowns – Europe inheritance tax, cuts, slashing incapacity benefit – as this year’s Conservative party conference.
The Prime Minister said that under Labour, 1.4 million people spent most of the last decade on out-of-work benefits. But she didn’t mention that many of those people were on disability or illness benefits.
We know some disabled people are angry about changes to the benefits system. What are the facts?
The Conservatives say they have to find £12bn from a £220bn welfare budget. Do the numbers add up – and where should the axe fall?
As it raises concerns people in the UK may have lost the ability to put two slices of bread either side of a filling, the Daily Mail has sandwiched its article between two of its favourite themes.
Victoria Macdonald
The government’s work programme isn’t working, according to a leading disability charity, which predicts a success rate of a maximum of 12 per cent.
The spending round contained some surprises and innovations, Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports.
Ed Miliband promises a Labour government would create a “fair and sustainable” social security system – but would his policies work?
Margaret Thatcher is often credited with reviving Britain’s ailing economy in the 1980s. But what has happened in the former coalfields since the mines closed?
Although we are only one year into a two-year scheme, today’s Work Programme figures are bad news for the Department for Work and Pensions – and the numbers for ill and disabled people are even worse.
Jackie Long
The Work Programme figures are not a disaster, says the employment minister. But not one of the 18 providers met the government’s end of first year minimum target on sustainable work.
Campaigners against changes to disability benefit rules invade the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) following a protest outside the offices of one of the Paralympic Games’ main sponsors Atos.
As unemployment falls for the fourth month in a row, Channel 4 News looks behind the figures and finds a mixed picture.