The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has refused to explain why it lied about its use of figures that downplay the economic benefits of the Access to Work (AtW) scheme. Disability News Service (DNS) reported last week that senior civil servants were claiming that for every £1 spent on the scheme, the Treasury

Business secretary Vince Cable is to consider what action the government can take to boost the number of disabled entrepreneurs. Cable was speaking during a visit to a university laboratory today (26 June) as a guest of Disability Rights UK (DR UK). Philip Connolly, DR UK’s policy and communications manager, who organised the visit

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been using figures that downplay the economic benefits of the Access to Work scheme, while pretending to rely on other figures that paint a more positive picture. Disability organisations – and government ministers – have for years been illustrating the positive benefits of Access to Work

Disabled police officers are fighting attempts to force them to accept £3,000 less in basic salary than their non-disabled colleagues. The suggestion came in the final report of the independent review of police pay by Tom Winsor, which was published in 2012. Winsor recommended that so-called restricted duty officers (those “unable to discharge the

The back-to-work support provided to disabled people by the government actually pushes them further away from the job market, new user-led research has concluded. The report, Fulfilling Potential? ESA and the Fate of the Work-Related Activity Group (WRAG), dismantles the claims of politicians who insist that “welfare dependency” is the main barrier to work,

The government’s “Two Ticks” scheme to recognise companies that encourage disabled people to apply for job vacancies is nothing more than an “empty shell” used as a public relations tool, according to new research. The “positive about disability” symbol is run by Jobcentre Plus, but the research by academics at two business schools found