Stephen Smith had to get a pass from hospital to fight a DWP judgement for the benefits he deserved

A man with incurable brain cancer has been found to be fit for work by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) assessors, a GP has revealed. NHS GP Dr MayJay Ali said the man, who is undergoing

Joseph MacMillian died just 15 days before his appeal against having his personal independence payment cut.

Martin Burnell says he has received mixed messages - with benefits assessors advising he can work but his consultant saying he would never work again

The Government’s fit-to-work tests for access to disability benefits are causing permanent damage to some claimants’ mental health, from which they are not recovering, a new study has warned. The

A new poll has found that nearly four million people in the UK have used a food bank amid "shocking levels of deprivation"

The policy hasn’t boosted disability employment as was promised. Instead, for people like Michael, it has only caused misery, says the Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Department of Work and Pensions is ordered to apologise and pay £10,000 compensation.

Detectives say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding Ms Morrall’s death, and a file has been prepared for the coroner

A 53-year-old woman who was hit by a lorry on a motorway left a suicide note blaming the government, it is revealed.

A MAN with mental health problems who was worried about benefit cuts killed himself while he was searching for a job on the south coast, an inquest…

The number of disabled people living in poverty has risen by 200,000 in just one year, government figures have revealed. The new figures [summary results, tables 7a and 7b], published by the Depart…

The mother of a severely disabled man forced to take part in a work assessment interview has said she feels “frustrated and penalised” by the benefits system.

The twin brother of a man who killed himself after being told he was ineligible for two disability benefits has backed calls for an inquiry into links between the Department for Work and Pensions (…

Attempted suicides among out-of-work disability benefit claimants have more than doubled since the introduction of fit-to-work assessments in 2008, The Independent can reveal. According to new

Philip Williams fought authorities despite being stripped of his cash by despite enduring two strokes, a heart-attack and a kidney transplant

The sister of a man who starved to death four months after his benefits says she wants "straight answers" after a government review into his case.

21WIRE + The Mirror | A disturbing number of austerity suicides are occurring in Britain.

A father-of-one took a fatal overdose of prescription medication after becoming increasingly worried about his finances when his benefits were cut,…

Martin Hadfield killed himself out of frustration because he could not find a job, and the fault lies with politicans and employers who make people like Martin feel worthless, says Paul Routledge

"The way the whole thing has been dealt with is absolutely disgusting"

Enid Stevens, who was awarded an MBE for her NHS work, says she was left sitting in her own waste for hours, recalling: "I was soaked-through with urine in my clothes - it was like a nightmare"

THE devastated youngster believes the benefits assessors' decision to deem his dad "fit for work" led to his death from a heart attack.

A cancer sufferer, who had her benefits cut by government officials who said she was fit to work, has died.

Trevor Drakard was panic-stricken at the thought he would have to find a job when he could suffer a severe attack at any time

Terry McGarvey had to be taken to hospital by ambulance after his Atos assessment but he died the following day

ELENORE TATTON had been ordered to find a job by the disability assessors but just weeks later she died from the brain tumour she had had since she was a teenager.

Alan Moody, 60, could not read the letter sent to him by the Department for Work and Pensions summoning him for a 'work capability assessment'

Mr Jones says he has become "too weak to walk to foodbanks".

GPs advised not to provide sick notes for sick and disabled people found 'fit for work' by the DWP.

Tim Bates claims the DWP docked his money because he couldn't attend an interview as his partner was in hospital