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July 20, 2017 0

Senior civil servant admits draft industrial strategy failed on disability

A senior civil servant has admitted to MPs and peers that the government’s industrial strategy will not be “fit for purpose” unless it corrects its failure to consider disability and other equality issues in a green paper it published in January. Alex Williams, the civil servant responsible for sector deals* for the Department for

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July 20, 2017 0

Equality watchdog and parts of disability movement ‘fail to highlight achievers’

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A government adviser has criticised the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and parts of the disability movement for failing to do enough to highlight “disabled achievers”. The criticism comes in a new report which was co-authored by the government’s disability employment adviser, Professor Francis Davis, who was appointed to the Office for Disability

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July 13, 2017 0

Inclusion London set to test social model job support, after £775k grant

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A pan-London disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has been given the chance to test “exciting” and “important” approaches to supporting young disabled people into work that reflect the social model of disability, after securing more than £750,000 in funding. Inclusion London has been awarded £775,000 over five years by the City Bridge Trust, which funds

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July 13, 2017 0

Purple boss raises concerns over Disability Confident accreditation

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New concerns have been raised about the government’s Disability Confident employment campaign, after a leading disabled social entrepreneur said that some businesses could be finding it easier than intended to secure the highest level of accreditation. Mike Adams, chief executive of the social enterprise Purple, said he was concerned that some organisations providing Disability

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May 25, 2017 0

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Frustration at London Underground autism refusal

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Union activists are planning a high-profile campaign against London Underground after it refused to introduce an employment policy on autism and neurodiversity. Janine Booth, a member of the RMT transport union, told the TUC’s annual Disabled Workers’ Conference in London that London Underground had refused even to discuss the idea of introducing a policy.

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May 18, 2017

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Election 2017: Tories snub opportunity to address disability pay gap

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The Conservative party has refused to explain why it is doing nothing to address the disability pay gap, despite announcing measures it says will tackle the injustice of black and minority ethnic (BAME) employees being paid less for doing the same job as white staff. Prime minister Theresa May (pictured) announced this week that

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May 18, 2017

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Access to Work cap hits prominent Deaf campaigner as he starts new job

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The newly-appointed Deaf chief executive of a leading disabled people’s organisation has been told the government will only provide him with enough support to pay for interpreters three days every week. David Buxton, a British Sign Language-user, began his full-time job as chief executive of Action on Disability in London last week, but has

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May 11, 2017

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DWP declared a ‘leading’ Disability Confident employer, despite UN rights violations

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been declared a gold-standard employer of disabled people under its own much-criticised scheme, despite being found guilty of “grave or systematic violations” of the UN disability convention. DWP documents obtained by Disability News Service (DNS) through a freedom of information request show how it was “validated”

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May 4, 2017

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Boycott call after DWP wrongly claims DPOs helped devise punitive work scheme

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Disabled activists have called on disability charities to boycott any further co-operation with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), after it wrongly claimed that disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) had helped draw up its punitive new work scheme. DWP claimed that DPOs “co-designed” plans to force new claimants of out-of-work disability benefits to take

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May 4, 2017

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Remploy refused to give disabled experts support workers for care inspections

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Disabled people helping to deliver a vital part of the care watchdog’s inspection programme were refused support workers, while one was bullied into resigning, documents obtained by Disability News Service (DNS) have revealed. The internal reports – finally released following a freedom of information request submitted last June – show the scale of concern

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