Taxpayers are footing a £130m-a-year bill for disability benefit claims linked to alcohol and drug abuse, official statistics show.

The number of people in England and Wales claiming either sickness or disability benefit has soared from 2.8 million to about ...

Campaigners and claimants are very worried about a radical overhaul that looks set to be announced to Personal Independence ...

But Labour has said that welfare needs to be reformed for both “moral and economic reasons”. A spokesman for Sir Keir Starmer ...

The government is encountering backlash over its rumoured plans to freeze the level of personal independence payment (PIP) ...

The Personal Independence Payment is a benefit that helps cover the extra costs of long-term health conditions.

PIP is often a crucial lifeline, enabling people to pay for the additional costs of living with a disability, such as ...

The government has made cutting the soaring welfare budget a key project, but it's sparked significant concerns among Labour ...

These are all the possible payment awards you will receive for Personal Independence Payment and Adult Disability Payment ...

All the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HMRC benefits NOT being hiked amid incoming £5 billion cuts under the ...

Liz Kendall does not have support from her own Cabinet colleagues to slash welfare spending, the Tories have claimed. Shadow ...

A minister has expressed his concern about people's anxiety levels surrounding the expected benefits cuts happening this week ...