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Anger and concern over government’s ‘hand-me-down’ employment white paper

By John Pring on 28th November 2024 Category: Employment

Anger and concern over government’s ‘hand-me-down’ employment white paper
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Disabled people and their organisations have pointed to “fundamental” and “very concerning” flaws in the government’s “hand-me-down” employment support white paper. The long-awaited Get Britain Working white paper was launched by work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall on Tuesday, and includes […]

Employment white paper promises ‘fundamentally different’ approach, but fails to answer key questions

By John Pring on 28th November 2024 Category: Employment

Employment white paper promises ‘fundamentally different’ approach, but fails to answer key questions
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A new government white paper has promised a “fundamentally different” approach to employment support, including “tackling ill health as the biggest driver of inactivity”, but it has left critical questions unanswered about Labour’s plans for disability benefits. Disabled people and their […]

Access to Work spending doubles in seven years

By John Pring on 7th November 2024 Category: Employment

Access to Work spending doubles in seven years
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Spending on supporting disabled people in work through a disability employment scheme has more than doubled in real terms in the last seven years, new government figures have revealed. The new Access to Work statistics, published by the Department for Work […]

Disabled artists ‘facing Access to Work cuts, backlogs and inflexibility’

By John Pring on 17th October 2024 Category: Employment

Disabled artists ‘facing Access to Work cuts, backlogs and inflexibility’
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Disabled people working in the creative and cultural sectors are increasingly seeing cuts to the support they receive through the Access to Work (AtW) scheme, campaigners have warned. Disabled artists have reported payments being stopped, cut or suspended by the Department […]

Disabled union activists warn Labour: If you break your promises, we will come for you

By John Pring on 30th May 2024 Category: Employment

Disabled union activists warn Labour: If you break your promises, we will come for you
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Disabled trade unionists have warned that they will hold Labour to account on the promises it makes to improve the rights of disabled workers, if the party wins power at July’s general election. They have also called for activists to exert […]

Foxcroft promises a Labour government would ‘break down the barriers to work’

By John Pring on 30th May 2024 Category: Employment

Foxcroft promises a Labour government would ‘break down the barriers to work’
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A Labour government would introduce a string of policies to reduce the disability employment gap and strengthen the rights of disabled people in the workplace, Labour’s shadow disability minister has told union activists. Vicky Foxcroft also told the TUC Disabled Workers’ […]

DWP told to pay £50,000 to Deaf job-seeker after repeated failure to provide BSL interpreter

By John Pring on 16th May 2024 Category: Employment

DWP told to pay £50,000 to Deaf job-seeker after repeated failure to provide BSL interpreter
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A tribunal has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to pay nearly £50,000 in damages to a Deaf man after repeatedly failing to provide him with the interpreters he needed for job-related interviews. Paul Rimmer said he believed his […]

Government is misrepresenting workplace disability inequality, MPs are told

By John Pring on 11th April 2024 Category: Employment

Government is misrepresenting workplace disability inequality, MPs are told
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A disabled people’s organisation has accused the government of misrepresenting the high levels of inequality faced by disabled people in the workplace. In its submission to an inquiry by a Commons committee, Disability Rights UK (DR UK) pointed to research which […]

Disabled-led business seeks new clients after being hit by rise of AI

By Josephine Fay on 21st March 2024 Category: Employment

Disabled-led business seeks new clients after being hit by rise of AI
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By Josephine Fay A disabled-led business that provides work for more than 20 disabled freelancers at a time is urgently seeking new clients, and financial support, after its profits were severely hit by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Academic Audio […]

DWP figures ‘show how rise in staff workload led to mental health crisis’

By John Pring on 14th March 2024 Category: Employment

DWP figures ‘show how rise in staff workload led to mental health crisis’
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A huge increase in the workload faced by civil servants managing universal credit cases led to significant increases in how many of them took time off after experiencing mental distress and other ill-health, new government figures suggest. The figures, secured through […]

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