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Labour government will push for jobs for ‘not fit for work’ group, says Ashworth

By John Pring on 12th January 2023 Category: Employment

Labour government will push for jobs for ‘not fit for work’ group, says Ashworth
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Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary has attacked the “totally unacceptable” number of disabled people who return to work after being found not fit for work by the government’s assessment system. In a major policy speech, Jonathan Ashworth (pictured) said that […]

Pursglove fails to express concern over Access to Work and PIP waiting-times

By John Pring on 1st December 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Pursglove fails to express concern over Access to Work and PIP waiting-times
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The new disability minister has failed to express any concern over figures showing Access to Work waiting-times have almost doubled, while more than 20,000 people have been waiting over six months for a decision on their disability benefit claims. Tom Pursglove […]

Disabled barrister says flaws in ‘archaic’ Access to Work scheme could risk vital court work

By John Pring on 29th September 2022 Category: Employment

Disabled barrister says flaws in ‘archaic’ Access to Work scheme could risk vital court work
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A disabled barrister says she could have to abandon vital family law work in court because of the bureaucratic incompetence, complexity and delays within the Access to Work (AtW) scheme. Christina Warner (pictured) has told Disability News Service (DNS) that her […]

Research shows how tens of thousands of disabled staff are ‘managed out’ of jobs

By John Pring on 23rd June 2022 Category: Employment

Research shows how tens of thousands of disabled staff are ‘managed out’ of jobs
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New research shows why tens of thousands of disabled people every year are being “managed out” of their jobs by disablist employers. The researchers concluded that the Equality Act was “failing to live up to its potential”, with many employers failing […]

Anger over ‘nail in coffin’ civil service job cuts, with DWP already facing ‘serious backlogs’

By John Pring on 9th June 2022 Category: Politics

Anger over ‘nail in coffin’ civil service job cuts, with DWP already facing ‘serious backlogs’
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Government plans to cut 91,000 civil service jobs over the next three years are a “travesty” and “another nail in the coffin for decent public services”, disabled campaigners have warned. The cuts would return the civil service to the staffing levels […]

Knock-on effects of PIP assessment backlog ‘show ministers must get a grip’

By John Pring on 2nd June 2022 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Knock-on effects of PIP assessment backlog ‘show ministers must get a grip’
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Backlogs in the disability benefit assessment system are having significant knock-on effects on disabled people’s ability to live independently, new evidence has shown. It is showing how lengthy delays in reviewing people’s personal independence payment (PIP) claims are having a substantial […]

Access to Work in crisis as figures show ‘massive’ waiting-list

By John Pring on 12th May 2022 Category: Employment

Access to Work in crisis as figures show ‘massive’ waiting-list
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The government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme is in crisis, with new figures showing the number of disabled people waiting for decisions on their applications has more than quadrupled in a year. By 22 March, there were 20,909 disabled people waiting […]

Access to Work’s 12-week backlog, as DWP offers ‘work for free’ advice to PAs

By John Pring on 20th January 2022 Category: Employment

Access to Work’s 12-week backlog, as DWP offers ‘work for free’ advice to PAs
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A disabled university lecturer says her job was put at risk by the failure of the Department for Work and Pensions to deal with a huge backlog in Access to Work (AtW) applications. Daisy Higman, a freelance voice teacher and theatre-maker, […]

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: 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 […]

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