A train company has planned partial closures of 14 ticket offices across its network by “stealth”, say campaigners, a year ...

Labour appears set for a serious disagreement with its own minister for disability, after apparently rejecting his advice ...

Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has strongly hinted that she will not implement the last government’s proposal to ...

The elections watchdog has criticised political parties that failed to produce their general election manifestos in ...

Transport bodies planning station upgrades could take easy steps that would allow them to take greater account of ...

Labour’s new work and pensions secretary has told MPs that she is open to the idea of her department being subject to a legal ...

A long-awaited new mental health bill falls far short of the fundamental reforms needed to ensure full human rights for ...

The care regulator’s annual assessment of “the state of health and care” in England includes almost no discussion of the quality and safety of adult social care services, analysis of the report has ...

A right-wing broadcaster is likely to escape police action despite describing young disabled people on out-of-work benefits as “parasites”, in a case that highlights long-standing concerns about ...

Labour’s rail minister had made a series of promises that could see “the beginning of the end” of sub-standard assistance for ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has denied destroying documents that would have revealed why it weakened guidance on when to investigate the cases of benefit claimants who took their ...

Spending on supporting disabled people in work through a disability employment scheme has more than doubled in real terms in the last seven years, new government figures have revealed. The new ...