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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 […]
The government’s Access to Work (AtW) programme is plagued by “penny-pinching”, administrative incompetence, and “rude” and “intimidatory” communication that is causing disabled people “immense distress”, leading campaigners have told a committee of MPs. The Commons work and pensions committee was hearing […]
A Deaf youth worker says endless problems with the support he is supposed to obtain through the government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme have made it impossible to focus on his job. Matt Talbot runs a youth forum for young disabled […]
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 […]
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 […]
The minister for disabled people appears to have bowed to pressure from Deaf campaigners over new rules that made it harder for them to secure the support they needed to communicate in the workplace. The new government guidance, introduced last year, […]
A committee of MPs is seeking evidence about the Access to Work (AtW) scheme, as part of its investigations into the government’s efforts to support disabled people into work. Dame Anne Begg, the Labour chair of the Commons work and pensions […]
An educational farm run by two disabled people for more than 10 years could be forced to close after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) suddenly removed their Access to Work (AtW) support. Barn Farm educational working farm in Hipley, […]
Thousands of deaf people are protesting over new government guidance that makes it harder for them to obtain the support they need to communicate in the workplace. The Access to Work (AtW) guidance means that any deaf person who needs more […]
The government has opened up its Access to Work (AtW) scheme to new groups of young disabled people, just days before it is due to release statistics on how many people used the programme last year. The changes were recommended by […]