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MPs: Disabled people to lose out from 'medical model' reform
Disabled people risk losing out because government benefit reforms are overly based on the medical model of disability, MPs have warned in a report.
20 February 2012

500,000 to lose out on disability living allowance
Half a million disabled people would lose out on benefits through the government's reform to disability living allowance, it revealed today. (Pic: Voisin/Phanie/Rex Features)
17 January 2012

Government waters down disability living allowance cuts
The government has watered down its controversial cuts to disabilty living allowance (DLA) by dropping plans to double the period after the onset of disability before which people can qualify for the benefit (Image: Rex).
16 January 2012

Carers 'disproportionately hit' by government cuts
Carers will be disproportionately hit by government benefit cuts over the coming years, research published today shows.
04 January 2012

Disabled people in care homes to retain DLA benefit
Disabled people living in residential care will continue to receive the mobility component of the disability living allowance and personal independence payment, minister for disabled people Maria Miller announced today.
01 December 2011

Government U-turn on scrapping mobility allowance expected
The government looks set to back down from controversial plans to remove up to £50 a week in mobility benefits from disabled people in care homes.
25 November 2011

Checks on sickness benefit awards to 'ensure fairness'
The government is to introduce checks on decisions to award sickness benefits to ensure fairness and consistency, following the publication of the second independent review of the work capability assessment today.
24 November 2011

UK children's commissioners want review of effect of cuts
The four UK Children's Commissioners have called for an urgent reassessment of the impact of government spending cuts on the needs of vulnerable children.
21 November 2011

Welfare Rights: Disabled children face slide into poverty
The proposed introduction of universal credit, replacing income support, tax credits and housing benefit, from 2013 could massively affect social work practice, writes Gary Vaux One particular change will cost some families with a disabled child up to £1,400 a year - and these families are already more likely to be in poverty and using social services support. The Welfare Reform Bill is now going through parliament so these proposals could change but this seems unlikely, despite furious lobbying from disabled children's charities and parents. At present, children who receive any rate of disability living allowance (DLA) are also entitled to up to two additional sums of money from child tax credits (CTC). Under universal credit, however, families will be entitled to only one additional sum of money. For the most severely disabled children this will still equate to a similar amount. Those with severe visual impairments may even gain signif
11 November 2011

Lord Low: government should not remove DLA mobility benefit
Removing mobility benefits for disabled people living in residential care would be "a serious step backwards for disability rights", according to Lord Low's review of the issue.
03 November 2011

Benefit reforms 'threaten vulnerable people's independence'
Planned housing benefit reforms may force vulnerable people to leave supported housing settings for residential care or to return to their families, says a coalition of charities.
07 October 2011

Welfare rights: Cuts to contributory ESA
Stand by for some worried clients in the next few weeks, writes Gary Vaux. The Department for Work and Pensions is writing to 100,000 people telling them that from April 2012, they might lose their right to benefit.
29 September 2011

Cuts 'could deny independence' to learning disabled people
More people with learning disabilities could be denied their wish to live independently because of government welfare cuts and a shortage of housing for the client group, Mencap has warned.
27 September 2011

70,000 more families with disabled children hit by cuts
Seventy thousand more families with disabled children than first thought will see their benefits slashed under Welfare Reform Bill plans, government figures have revealed.
14 September 2011

Benefits cap 'will plunge 200,000 children deeper into poverty'
About 200,000 children will be plunged deeper into poverty under the government's proposed benefits cap, according to latest analysis by The Children's Society.
12 September 2011

Benefits upheaval 'will damage foster care'
Thousands of foster carers could be forced to give up fostering if government plans to shake up the benefits system go ahead, the Fostering Network has warned.
02 September 2011

Benefit cut will see disabled people lose out on essentials
Most disabled people would have to cut back on food and transport if they lost out on disability living allowance under plans to cut the benefit, a survey has found.
31 August 2011

Welfare changes could cost young carers £3,500 a year
Thousands of young carers and their families could lose more than £3,500 a year under proposed welfare reforms, according to The Children's Society.
30 August 2011

Direct payments, personal budgets and individual budgets
Direct payments and personal budgets are a central part of the personalisation agenda to give service users choice and control over their care and support.
19 August 2011

Potential conflict emerges over use of housing benefit
Recent test cases have thrown up a potential problem for councils that use housing benefit to support people in the community, writes Gary Vaux
12 August 2011