Legal action launched on disability funding cap

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

The challenge over Access to Work concerns a cap on the amount of money people can be awarded through the scheme, which it is argued will disproportionately affect deaf people and those with high needs.

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

A cap on Access to Work funding will fully come into force in April, limiting the amount any individual can get through the scheme to £43,100. Campaigners have argued the cap will hit deaf people and those with high needs especially hard.