This is a blog which I shouldn’t have to write, but which I think demonstrates just how desperate the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has become to avoid admitting uncomfortable truths about its policies and performance. I believe this is […]
Disability Confident
Disability Confident attracts just 40 mainstream private sector partners… in three years
Discrimination against disabled staff shoots up at DWP, the home of ‘Disability Confident’
The number of disabled civil servants who have faced discrimination within the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has risen by nearly a quarter in just a year, according to “shocking” and “very worrying” new figures. More than 1, 400 disabled […]
‘Fewer carrots and more sticks for employers, please, minister’
Disabled peer’s concern over DWP’s Disability Confident tweet
A leading disabled peer has been forced to stress that she does not support a government-run disability employment campaign, after civil servants mistakenly tweeted comments that suggested she had endorsed the much-criticised programme. Baroness [Jane] Campbell (pictured) had provided quotes and […]
Tory conference: Tomlinson says Disability Confident will help halve employment gap
DWP exposes IDS ‘lies’ about success of Disability Confident campaign
Minister fails to solve mystery of Swansea’s ‘Disability Confident City’ accolade
The minister for disabled people has risked ridicule after announcing that Swansea has become the country’s first “Disability Confident City”, despite being unable to explain why it was chosen. The announcement was timed to coincide with a Disability Confident conference that […]