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New charter calls for ‘bold’ action from government on disability employment

By John Pring on 21st October 2021 Category: Employment

New charter calls for ‘bold’ action from government on disability employment
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Disabled people’s organisations and allies have joined together to issue a series of demands to the government that they believe would help to end employment discrimination against disabled people. The new Disability Employment Charter makes demands of the government in nine […]

Conservative conference: Coffey signals new bid to push support group towards work

By John Pring on 7th October 2021 Category: Employment

Conservative conference: Coffey signals new bid to push support group towards work
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Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey has strongly signalled that her department will launch a new bid to try to push more disabled people with high support needs into work. Coffey, speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative party conference […]

Conservative conference: New minister silent on plummeting Access to Work figures

By John Pring on 7th October 2021 Category: Employment

Conservative conference: New minister silent on plummeting Access to Work figures
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The new minister for disabled people has refused to comment on figures that show how spending on Access to Work (AtW) plummeted during the pandemic, despite ministers plugging the programme during this week’s Conservative party conference. Chloe Smith highlighted the scheme […]

MPs and experts rubbish government’s claims it cut disability employment gap

By John Pring on 5th August 2021 Category: Employment

MPs and experts rubbish government’s claims it cut disability employment gap
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MPs and academics have dismissed claims by ministers in their new National Disability Strategy that the government has slashed the disability employment gap over the last seven years. The claim that the gap – the difference between the proportion of disabled […]

DWP’s JobcentrePlus failure on access is ‘unacceptable’, say MPs

By John Pring on 5th August 2021 Category: Employment

DWP’s JobcentrePlus failure on access is ‘unacceptable’, say MPs
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The failure of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to ensure that the employment services it provides to disabled people through JobcentrePlus are accessible is “simply unacceptable”, according to a cross-party committee of MPs. In a new report on the […]

Buckingham Palace refuses to release figures on disabled staff

By John Pring on 1st July 2021 Category: Employment

Buckingham Palace refuses to release figures on disabled staff
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Buckingham Palace has refused to publish figures showing how many of its employees are disabled people, despite publishing similar figures for minority ethnic staff. The royal household’s annual report and accounts, published last week, show that 8.5 per cent of its […]

Employers often failed to protect disabled workers during pandemic, says TUC

By John Pring on 10th June 2021 Category: Employment

Employers often failed to protect disabled workers during pandemic, says TUC
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Employers have frequently failed to take action to protect disabled workers who were at particular risk from coronavirus during the pandemic, according to the “frightening” results of a new survey carried out on behalf of the TUC. Of those disabled workers […]

Chronic illness community faces culture of disbelief and rigid jobs policies, says report

By John Pring on 29th April 2021 Category: Employment

Chronic illness community faces culture of disbelief and rigid jobs policies, says report
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Millions of people with energy-limiting chronic illness (ELCI) are being failed by both employers and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), according to a new user-led report. The study found that the flaws within the disability benefits system create a […]

Peers and MPs hear fierce attack on government’s disability employment record

By John Pring on 22nd April 2021 Category: Employment

Peers and MPs hear fierce attack on government’s disability employment record
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The government’s record on disability employment has come under fierce attack during a parliamentary meeting. MPs and peers on the all-party parliamentary group on disability heard from experts from business, academia and the disability movement on Tuesday on the employment proposals […]

DWP admits number of disability employment advisers plunged during pandemic

By John Pring on 1st April 2021 Category: Employment

DWP admits number of disability employment advisers plunged during pandemic
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing questions over its commitment to disability equality after new figures revealed the number of disability employment advisers fell sharply during the pandemic, while the number of mainstream work coaches soared. The figures […]

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