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A leading disabled artist has been forced to stop working by “devastating” and “destructive” cuts to the Labour government’s Access to Work disability employment programme. Jess Thom (pictured this week) has had to halt her work with Touretteshero after AtW cut […]
Most employers had no contact with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in the previous year, according to new DWP research, highlighting the task facing the government as it tries to boost the number of disabled people in work. The […]
The Labour government has launched a new cost-cutting drive aimed at Access to Work, which insiders fear could destroy the scheme and lead to disabled people being forced to quit their jobs. Leaked information from multiple sources suggests the Department for […]
New figures show that disabled people are waiting nearly 100 days for their Access to Work claims to be “reconsidered” by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), just as the government has released its plans to increase disability employment. The […]
The Liberal Democrats have called for the “completely broken” Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to be scrapped and replaced with a new department that is “more supportive and inclusive” for benefit claimants. The call has come from Steve Darling, one […]
Ministers appear to be set to announce cuts to a flagship disability employment scheme, just as the government is trying to push more disabled people towards the workplace. Sir Stephen Timms (pictured), the social security and disability minister, told MPs yesterday […]
Spending on supporting disabled people in work through a disability employment scheme has more than doubled in real terms in the last seven years, new government figures have revealed. The new Access to Work statistics, published by the Department for Work […]
Disabled people working in the creative and cultural sectors are increasingly seeing cuts to the support they receive through the Access to Work (AtW) scheme, campaigners have warned. Disabled artists have reported payments being stopped, cut or suspended by the Department […]
The number of disabled people waiting for a decision on their Access to Work (AtW) claim has continued to rise, six months after the government insisted it had improved the system and was hiring extra staff. The Department for Work and […]
An autistic woman has been left without the workplace support she needs for more than 15 months because of repeated delays and incompetence by the government’s Access to Work scheme. Laura’s* employer, the autism support charity Autistic Nottingham, says it is […]