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One of the companies responsible for assessing disability benefit eligibility failed to make its own workplace accessible for a disabled employee for more than three years, and then sacked her when she became too ill to work. Sharon Dickens is the […]
The public spending watchdog has launched an investigation into claims of fraud by a company paid to find jobs for disabled people. Only last week, MPs on the Commons public accounts committee quizzed Robert Devereux, permanent secretary in the Department for […]
Performers and presenters have welcomed plans by the BBC to improve its representation of disabled people, both behind and in front of the camera. The broadcaster said its “ambitious” plans would “radically change representation on air”, and make the BBC a […]
The most senior civil servant in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been questioned by MPs about an investigation into alleged fraud by a company paid to find jobs for disabled people. Concerns raised about Seetec in a Disability […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]