Access to Work crisis: Graeae boss fears for career due to cuts and delays
The country’s leading disabled-led theatre group has had to cancel international work, while its artistic…
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Access to Work crisis: Changes have brought ‘stress and uncertainty’
Secret government cuts to its Access to Work (AtW) programme have put at risk a…
Access to Work crisis: Chaos brings threats to self-employed claimants
The government has threatened to remove Access to Work funding from a high-profile disabled consultant,…
Councils cutting back on workplace adjustments, says new study
Local authorities across the UK have cut spending on making their workplaces accessible for disabled…
Protest and petition greet Freud’s ‘disgusting’ comments on minimum wage
The government’s welfare reform minister is facing calls to be sacked after suggesting that some…
No DWP apology for Work Programme ‘discrimination and punishment’
A disabled campaigner has criticised the government’s failure to apologise for the “discrimination and punishment”…
Labour party conference: No ‘big bang’ for employment support, says Green
A shadow minister has pledged that a Labour government would do more to help disabled…
New plan aims for more senior civil servants
The government has published a new plan that it hopes will see more disabled people…
Campaigner had benefits docked despite inaccessible workshop
A disabled campaigner had more than £70 a week of her disability benefit stripped from…
Access to Work: Scheme accused of distressing, penny-pinching incompetence
The government’s Access to Work (AtW) programme is plagued by “penny-pinching”, administrative incompetence, and “rude”…