Patrick Butler

Charities say high rates of people signed off work are caused by crumbling public services after years of underinvestment

Rishi Sunak has been accused of making mental ill health “another front in the culture wars”, as critics warned his plan to curb benefits for some with anxiety and depression was an assault on disabled people.

Figures show 34,500 people incurred overpayments last year after falling foul of rules, landing many with huge debts

Almost exactly five years ago, Enrico La Rocca was hailed by MPs as a hero, a whistleblower whose tenacity had helped expose profound failures at

Enrico La Rocca helped expose profound failures but less than a year later was dismissed by the DWP – and then later rehired

Stephen Timms says DWP letting unpaid carers incur ‘enormous accidental overpayments’

Ministers have been told to “immediately” fix the issues causing tens of thousands of unpaid carers to incur “enormous accidental overpayments” amid growing anger over the carer's allowance scandal.

Clinicians say crackdown on people eligible for Pip payments does not address UK’s long-term sickness problem

Mentally ill, sick and disabled people are being used as a “political football” to make the government seem tough rather than addressing the causes

Hainault attack may be latest incident linked to mental ill-health, at a time when NHS services are struggling