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 ...

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 ...

The government is expected to outline a series of benefit ... the welfare bill will arrive, and the misery that people are suffering will continue”. Mark Rowland, chief executive at UK charity ...

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 ...

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.

Data revealing more than £9billion is estimated to have been overpaid in benefits because of fraud and error has been branded “staggering” by a UK Government ...

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 ...

"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 ...