“We know the longer you’re unemployed, the harder it is to get back into work,” says Helen Phoenix from the South Yorkshire ...

Ministers, facing potential cuts of billions of pounds from the welfare budget, have announced plans to use 1,000 work ...

The Commission for Healthier Working Lives has warned against cutting benefits and called for a proactive route for eight ...

Herefordshire Council is offering £300 one-off payments to unpaid carers on a low income, the local council in the Midlands ...

The Department for Work and Pensions is planning to modernise health and disability benefit services for all claimants ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) offers one-off tax-free payments of £120,000 to individuals who are 'severely ...

The DWP has announced more of its plans to increase employment support for disabled people – but it comes after reports of ...

More cash will be poured into SWAPs scheme for the unemployed despite doubts about its effectiveness at getting people into ...

"I recently got a call from an investigator, that said the DWP is investigating my claim to be sure I am entitled to ...

From April this system is expected to change with the DWP also prompting Universal Credit claimants to confirm whether or not ...

The DWP said the staff would provide personalised and "intensive" support to thousands of sick and disabled people ...

The DWP has confirmed that from next month, all Universal Credit claimants will have to confirm any changes in their ...