An Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis in 2023 revealed that disability benefits account for 2.5 per cent of total welfare spending £15.4bn a year, which is a fraction of the £44bn annual cost of ...

The Telegraph highlighted a series of benefit fraud cases where claimants exaggerated illnesses to acquire vehicles from the ...

There's plenty of help available to people who are eligible for the State Pension – here we take a look at some of the ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that 150,000 people will lose eligibility for Carer's Allowance or the ...

Scottish Labour's Jackie Baillie has defended the UK Government’s £5 billion welfare cuts, saying the projected rise in the benefits bill ...

Dean Palmer, 57, says he is worried sick about the huge impact on his life if changes to the welfare system lead to a cut in ...

Increasing welfare spending is "not sustainable", Scottish Labour's deputy leader has said. Jackie Baillie said spending a ...

The Department for Work and Pensions' own analysis was published after Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced further welfare ...

State pensioners are set to receive 11 additional perks and benefits in April, over and above their regular payments. The ...

However, the amount received depends on the number of qualifying years of National Insurance Contributions or credits ...

It comes as people in Blackpool warned they have been "pushed to the brink" by the cuts. from the Department for Work and ...