More than 40 per cent of the reports carried out on disability benefit claimants by the back-to-work assessor Atos are flawed and unacceptable, according to an audit commissioned by the Government.

The world we think we live in simply does not exist, and the media and politicians share the blame

If you read the tabloids you might think the UK is full of asylum seekers lazing about in Hampstead council mansions

Department for Transport earned £2.5 million from calls in two years

The Government’s back-to-work welfare assessments have been attacked by Scotland’s leading Catholic cleric.

Conservative chairman Grant Shapps has been rebuked by the UK's statistics watchdog for wrongly claiming that nearly one million people on incapacity benefit (IB) had dropped their claims rather than face medical checks.

These departments only account for around 20 per cent of the cuts George Osborne needs to make

Ms Phillips found mirth in the aftermath of Woolwich. Plus, let's hope the Commons treats IDS gently over this statistics snafu

Private companies who win government contracts to help the jobless find work are “parking” some of the most disadvantaged people on benefits, MPs warn today.

Wanted US fugitive built new life in Kent

Iain Duncan Smith faced embarrassment after he was chided by the statistics watchdog over claims he made trumpeting the success of a Government key welfare reform.

Alan Milburn and Baroness Shephard call on Government to ‘put its money where its mouth is’

A cap on the amount of benefits people can receive begins today in a policy that is being trialled in parts of the capital.