The government appears to have delayed publishing crucial evidence that undermines a key part of its controversial welfare reform bill until weeks after the legislation completed its passage through the House of Commons. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) report, which details the growth in the number of claimants of disability living allowance (DLA), [...]

The government has been told by the UK’s official statistics watchdog to improve the way it publishes information about its controversial “fitness to work” assessments. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has come under sustained attack from campaigners and some MPs for fuelling disablist coverage of its incapacity benefit reforms in the media. Last [...]

The government could face another high court challenge as a result of its spending cuts, this time over new rules that will make it harder for poorer disabled people to gain further education (FE) qualifications. The rules, introduced by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA), mean that the range of free courses available to many disabled [...]

A gold medal-winning Paralympic cyclist was in a critical condition in hospital this evening after a collision with a van while training. Simon Richardson, who won two gold medals and a silver at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, has been left with multiple injuries after the alleged hit-and-run incident on the A48 near Bridgend, south Wales, [...]

Seven doctors employed by the company that carries out controversial “fitness to work” tests for the government are being investigated by the General Medical Council (GMC). At least one of the doctors has been the subject of more than one complaint, with a total of 10 cases under investigation. Although the seven doctors work for [...]