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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 […]
The government’s welfare reform minister is facing calls to be sacked after suggesting that some disabled people should be allowed to work for less than the minimum wage. Lord Freud, seen as one of the architects of Conservative welfare reform policy, […]
A disabled campaigner has criticised the government’s failure to apologise for the “discrimination and punishment” she faced on the Work Programme. Catherine Hale warned that Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) decision-makers appeared to be adopting a “sanction first, ask questions […]
A shadow minister has pledged that a Labour government would do more to help disabled people into work, but warned that changes to the system of employment support would have to be “incremental”. Her comments and those of other shadow ministers […]
The government has published a new plan that it hopes will see more disabled people achieving senior positions in the Civil Service. The Talent Action Plan includes measures designed to remove the “obstacles” which have limited the number of disabled people, […]