Planned changes to disability benefits will go ahead, the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said, insisting that reform is needed.
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Disability benefit change needed, says Iain Duncan Smith
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Long-term care costs to hit 38bn by 2025
The annual cost of long-term care is expected to rise to 33,000 per person by 2025.
Families to challenge practitioners on Mental Capacity Act
Families are being supported to challenge professionals who exclude them from decisions taken on behalf of their loved-ones under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
IMF: UK faces 750bn pensions time bomb
The International Monetary Fund has warned the UK it faces a 750bn pensions time bomb as life expectancy rates grow faster than expected.
Pensioners beware of 'granny tax II'
Pensioner income could be subjected to another blow as the Treasury looks at taxing the state pension 'at source'.
NHS reforms: GPs losing faith, BBC poll suggests
The number of GPs who believe that the government's health reforms in England will improve patient care is falling, a BBC poll suggests.
