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Shadow health secretary says it is wrong to think people with addiction or mental health problems do not want to workLabour plans to reach thousands of people with addiction or mental health issues “written off” by the Department for Work and Pensions …
Court rules against DWP in case where move to universal credit deprived claimants of £2,100 a yearTens of thousands of disabled people across the UK wrongly deprived of benefits by the Department for Work and Pensions could share in compensation potent…
Dominic Raab under increasing pressure as civil servants’ union calls for him to be suspended until bullying inquiry concludes. This live blog is closedMPs have been told that paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have coerced young people with drug …
Tougher rules have boosted employment but jobs offer scant career progression and contribute little to tax revenueTougher benefit rules have boosted employment in the UK in the past 25 years but only at the expense of trapping workers in dead-end jobs,…
When a mother and daughter became destitute, a Citizens Advice centre that will benefit from the Guardian and Observer charity appeal stepped in• Donate to our charity appeal hereIt was three months ago that Samaira Riffat and her daughter, Eman, deci…
Ministers consider ‘radical’ overhaul to get long-term sick back in work and fulfil Rishi Sunak’s growth pledgeUK politics live – latest news updatesA shake-up of disability benefits could allow people to keep claiming the payments after they return to…
This live blog has now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereThe British Medical Association said its meeting this morning with Steve Barclay, the health secretary, ahead of a planned strike in March was “constructive”, but without…
Exclusive: employment strategy aimed at those ‘written off’ by society like young people with mental health issues, says Jonathan AshworthLabour will “put health and wellbeing” at the heart of its employment strategy by embedding career advisers in hea…
Jonathan Ashworth calls lack of support for disabled people a ‘scandal’ and says party would change assessments regimeUK politics live – latest news updatesA Labour government would overhaul routes into work for sick or long-term unemployed people, inc…
Those of working age who die are twice as likely to spend final year of life in poverty, says charityTerminally ill people are calling on the UK government to start paying their state pensions early so they can enjoy what is left of their lives and tac…