Source Independent:
Ministers have spent almost £40m in an “appalling” attempt to stop sick and disabled people receiving the financial help they are 
entitled to, The Independent can reveal.
Freedom of Information requests have exposed how taxpayers’ money has been spent on futile legal battles to prevent vulnerable people receiving help.
The hit to the public purse could also be far higher than the new data suggests because it is still unclear how much more the state spends running courts where sanctions are challenged. Read on.