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A disabled woman says she feels pressured to hand back her Motability vehicle, after the government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme told her it will continue to pay her travel expenses to work if she does so. Pauline McGuigan, from Dunbartonshire, […]
A disabled woman could be forced to quit her job of nearly 20 years because the government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme has threatened to stop paying for taxis she needs to get to work. Pauline McGuigan, from Dunbartonshire, works three […]
A leading member of the self-advocacy movement has called on peers to investigate huge apparent cuts to in-work support for people with learning difficulties. Andrew Lee, director of policy and campaigns at People First Self-Advocacy, said he and colleagues believed the […]
Deaf and disabled people are set to march on Downing Street on Saturday (26 September) to protest at government cuts to the Access to Work scheme. Activists from across the country will gather first outside the Houses of Parliament at noon, […]
Reforms to the government scheme that supports disabled people at work will make the arts “less diverse at every level”, according to the country’s leading disabled-led theatre company. Graeae said the new Access to Work (AtW) rules would “terminate the careers […]
Government plans to restrict how much support any individual can receive through the Access to Work (AtW) scheme are a “huge concern” and will damage efforts to encourage Deaf people to become teachers, lawyers and politicians, campaigners have warned. They spoke […]
The parliamentary ombudsman is dealing with more than 40 complaints about the management of the government’s Access to Work (AtW) scheme. It is just the latest evidence of serious failings within AtW, despite reassurance from ministers that administrative problems and delays […]
Ministers have failed to implement recommendations made nearly two years ago by their own advisers on how to improve the Access to Work (AtW) employment programme, including a vital call to double the number of people using the scheme. The recommendations […]
Nearly all of the disabled people whose Access to Work (AtW) entitlement is reviewed by the government are having their support cut, according to evidence being compiled by disability organisations. The evidence suggests that the government is only managing to increase […]
Disabled people are being threatened with legal action by a company exasperated by the government’s failure to pay invoices agreed through its Access to Work (AtW) scheme. One self-employed AtW claimant, Jane*, has told how ergonomic office furniture suppliers Back Care […]