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Insurers are being warned by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that they must ensure consumers are able to understand the economic consequences of the policy being taken out.

The number of people insured under group risk schemes expanded by almost 1.25m between 2010 and 2014, new figures from Swiss Re have revealed.

Among the employed population 9% report having a limiting long-standing illness or disability (LSI), figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have found.

The government has accepted a recommendation to investigate the increase in the number of sick or disabled people sent by Work Capability Assessments (WCA) to a Support Group.

A police officer who was paralysed in a motorbike accident at the beginning of a holiday has been announced as the next beneficiary of the Seven Families campaign.

The Protection Racket, featuring bands from across the industry, will perform to raise money for Disability Rights UK.

The Access to Work (AtW) programme is helping only a minority of the disabled people it could benefit the Work and Pensions Select Committee has warned.

Obesity can constitute a disability in the workplace within definitions of the equality legislation, the EU's Court of Justice has ruled.

A third of 33% of women aged over 65 needed help with at least one activity of daily living (ADL), compared to 23% of men, according to the Statistics from the Health and Social Care information centre.

Council long-term care care services are not being received by 80% of the two million older people in need of support, a report from Independent Age and the Strategic Society Centre has found.