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The failure of Work Programme contractors to provide enough employment support to disabled people and other “harder-to-help” benefit claimants is “a scandal”, according to the chair of an influential committee of MPs. Labour MP Margaret Hodge said the government’s decision to […]
The government has resorted to asking employers to move Deaf members of staff to jobs that require less use of interpreters, according to campaigners protesting about the coalition’s changes and cuts to the troubled Access to Work (AtW) scheme. Members of […]
Another leading Deaf figure has come forward to describe the damage the government’s botched Access to Work (AtW) changes have caused to his career. Last week, Jenny Sealey, chief executive and artistic director of Graeae, described how her AtW support had […]
The minister for disabled people has apologised to MPs for the government’s botched reforms to a vital employment support programme for disabled people. Mark Harper, the Conservative minister for disabled people, was told by MPs that the changes to Access to […]
A leading Deaf theatre figure has accused the minister for disabled people of being “full of hot air” and ignorant about the government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme. Jenny Sealey, who is chief executive and artistic director of Graeae, and was […]
Labour has failed in an attempt to persuade MPs to call on the prime minister to sack his welfare reform minister, after he was recorded telling fellow Tories that some disabled people were not worth the minimum wage. Green said the […]
The country’s leading disabled-led theatre group has had to cancel international work, while its artistic director now fears for her career, because of cuts and delays in dealing with applications to the government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme. The problems faced […]
Secret government cuts to its Access to Work (AtW) programme have put at risk a disabled manager’s job with a leading user-led organisation. Berni Vincent has been working for Spectrum Centre for Independent Living – formerly Southampton Centre for Independent Living […]
The government has threatened to remove Access to Work funding from a high-profile disabled consultant, because he cannot prove he is self-employed, even though he has been working for himself for the last 16 years. Simon Stevens was presented with a […]
Local authorities across the UK have cut spending on making their workplaces accessible for disabled employees, as a result of the coalition’s spending cuts, according to new research. The study found that previous “generally good” practice among 33 local authorities examined […]