Welfare reform
Income Protection
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) think tank has applauded the government's first year of welfare reform calling it "an impressive start".
11 May 2011
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Income Protection
MPs have condemned some of the coalition's most controversial plans for welfare reform and called for them to be scrapped in two early day motions (EDMs).
09 May 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
The government has vowed to press ahead with reform of the welfare state as its latest statistics show less than a quarter of those applying for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) are successful.
27 April 2011
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1 min read
Income Protection
MPs have launched an enquiry into the migration from Incapacity Benefits to Employment Support Allowance (ESA), including the Work Capability Assessment (WCA).
31 March 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
The government is aware a considerable expansion in the group income protection market (GIP) is one option for its review of the welfare and sickness absence system.
29 March 2011
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2 min read
Individual Protection
LifeSearch has called on the ABI and Treasury to halt the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) "ignorant" ruling to ban gender-based underwriting.
03 March 2011
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2 min read
Individual Protection
LifeSearch has revealed it arranged £4bn worth of cover and saw a 10% increase in the number of under 35-year-olds who took out protection products last year.
22 February 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
Unum has warned that the Welfare Reform Bill will mean benefits are harder to come by while the Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB) claims reforms are unfair to the sick.
18 February 2011
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2 min read
Income Protection
Disability campaigners have hit back at government plans that will see banks pay less than disabled people to cut the national deficit.
17 February 2011
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2 min read
Group Protection
The Government has announced an independent review into sickness absence in the workplace.
17 February 2011
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2 min read
