Surge in UK Ill-Health Welfare Not Due to Healthcare Delays, Study Says By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -A surge in claims for sickness and disability benefits in Britain since the COVID-19 ...

AFTER months of speculation, Rachel Reeves today unveiled her Spring Statement with welfare cuts ... disconnection between hospitals and medical authorities and the benefits system, which results ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the cost of sickness and disability benefits has soared in the UK as large numbers of people say they are unable to work and are in need of state assistance to live.

Britain's welfare system is "consciously cruel" and pushing claimants beyond the brink, a major report warns today. Involving interviews with hundreds of people on benefits, Amnesty International ...

LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - A surge in claims for sickness and disability benefits in Britain since the COVID-19 pandemic does not appear to be driven by increased delays for hospital treatment or ...

"Reducing hospital waiting times is a sensible policy objective," IFS economist Max Warner said. "But we shouldn't necessarily expect it to also deliver a significant reduction in health-related ...

LONDON (Reuters) -A surge in claims for sickness and disability benefits in Britain since the COVID-19 pandemic does not appear to be driven by increased delays for hospital treatment ... is key to ...