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Concern over new DWP foodbank rules

By John Pring on 22nd February 2024 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Concern over new DWP foodbank rules
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Disabled campaigners and union allies have raised concerns about a new Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) policy that could make it harder for claimants to access food parcels. They spoke out after the Guardian reported that jobcentre officials had been […]

Unions call for government action on ‘criminal’ disability pay gap

By John Pring on 13th July 2023 Category: Employment

Unions call for government action on ‘criminal’ disability pay gap
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Unions have called for government action to address the “absolutely criminal” pay gap between disabled and non-disabled employees. New TUC figures were released this week ahead of the first in-person TUC Disabled Workers Conference since the start of the pandemic. Dave […]

Frustration with Labour resurfaces at TUC disabled workers’ event

By John Pring on 15th December 2022 Category: Politics

Frustration with Labour resurfaces at TUC disabled workers’ event
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Union and Labour activists have expressed fresh fears that the party will fail to fight for the rights of disabled people if it wins power at the next general election. They spoke out at an online meeting, held by the TUC, […]

TUC research on disabled workers ‘does not paint a happy picture’

By John Pring on 15th December 2022 Category: Employment

TUC research on disabled workers ‘does not paint a happy picture’
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Disabled workers are earning significantly less on average than non-disabled people, and the gap has been widening, a TUC meeting heard this week. The event, held to mark UK Disability History Month, examined the extent of the “exclusion and devaluing” of […]

TUC piles pressure on Labour with vote to scrap universal credit

By John Pring on 20th September 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

TUC piles pressure on Labour with vote to scrap universal credit
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Trade unions have voted at their annual congress to call on the Labour party to shift its stance on universal credit and promise to scrap the controversial benefit system. The annual TUC Congress approved a motion last week that had already […]

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