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New government figures appear to show significant cuts to spending on the flagship Access to Work scheme, just as Labour ministers are insisting they want to support more disabled people into work. The government figures add weight to concerns repeatedly raised […]
Disabled people’s organisations have been kept “firmly on the outside” of a key government programme to improve workplace health, raising fresh questions about ministers’ commitment to co-producing disability-related policy. Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) spoke out this week after the government published […]
The failure of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) civil servants to return calls from disabled benefit claimants became a “consistent feature” of some of the most “tragic” cases examined by the department’s safeguarding leads, a secret report has revealed. The […]
The government’s Access to Work scheme is plagued by multiple failings, including lengthy delays – which risk disabled people losing their jobs – poor communication, and an inaccessible process, a committee of MPs has concluded. The Commons public accounts committee found […]
A new disabled-led scheme in Wales is set to provide a “bridge for disabled people” who are facing lengthy delays with their Access to Work applications. Disabled campaigners have been raising the alarm for months about the backlogs plaguing the Access […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has found another excuse for not releasing vital information that would show why cuts were made to many disabled people’s Access to Work packages after Labour came to power in July 2024. Disability News […]
The Labour chair of the Commons committee that is supposed to hold the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to account has refused to criticise ministers who misled parliament about a cut to the Access to Work scheme. Disability News Service […]
Self-employed disabled people are waiting nearly two years for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to even begin working on their Access to Work application if they are seen as a “non-priority” case, new figures have confirmed. The figures, obtained […]
The government should halt its cuts and reforms to Access to Work and commission new research to show exactly how important the scheme is to the disabled people who rely on it to stay working, according to a new report. The […]
The government has secretly imposed a “stealth” real-terms cut to the maximum amount disabled people can receive through the Access to Work disability employment scheme. The cut is most likely to impact disabled people with high communication support needs, particularly Deaf […]