Legal challenge over disabled funding cap

Campaigners have launched legal action against the Government over a cap in funding for a flagship scheme to help disabled people back into work.

It comes days after Theresa May unveiled a strategy to help a million more disabled people into work over the next decade, including reforms to the Access to Work scheme.

From April, the cap will limit the amount any individual can get through the scheme to £43,100.

However, campaigners say the cap will hit deaf people and those with high needs especially hard, limiting funding for specialist support such as sign language interpreters.