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By Raya Al Jadir The only wheelchair-user to secure accreditation as a nightclub bouncer is fighting “discriminatory” new rules that have led to the loss of his licence, just as he is being recognised for three decades of community service. John […]
The care watchdog has allowed a US outsourcing giant to slash the pay of disabled people by more than half when it takes over two contracts to manage service-users who work as expert advisers on care home and hospital inspections. Two […]
A disabled Conservative MP has warned the government not to underestimate the difficulty of achieving its aim of halving the disability employment gap because of the extent of “prejudice” faced by disabled people. Paul Maynard, MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys […]
The care watchdog has been criticised for awarding a discredited outsourcing giant new contracts to manage the use of service-users as expert advisers in care homes and hospitals. Two-thirds of the new contracts to run Experts by Experience – which pays […]
A disabled peer has called on the government to hand out fewer “carrots” to employers and do more to enforce existing equality law as it attempts to secure more jobs for disabled people. The plea came after Justin Tomlinson, the minister […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has caused confusion after refusing to confirm what appeared to be a huge increase in funding for the programme that supports disabled people in the workplace. The spending review, published on Wednesday, included the […]
The government is refusing to release figures that would reveal how many disabled people have had their packages of employment support cut after being reassessed. Disability News Service (DNS) lodged a freedom of information request in September, asking the Department for […]
The minister for disabled people has said that Britain would become a “world leader” in securing jobs for disabled people if it manages to meet its target of halving the disability employment gap. The prime minister, David Cameron, has put his […]
A disabled woman says she feels pressured to hand back her Motability vehicle, after the government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme told her it will continue to pay her travel expenses to work if she does so. Pauline McGuigan, from Dunbartonshire, […]
A disabled woman could be forced to quit her job of nearly 20 years because the government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme has threatened to stop paying for taxis she needs to get to work. Pauline McGuigan, from Dunbartonshire, works three […]