Election 2017: Conservatives promise more emphasis on accessible housing
The Conservative party has promised to force local authorities to plan for the provision of…
Browsing: Disability employment gap
DWP declared a ‘leading’ Disability Confident employer, despite UN rights violations
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been declared a gold-standard employer of disabled…
No chance of halving employment gap without tackling independent living, says DPO
The UK government will not be able to achieve its aim of halving the disability…
Mordaunt misleads MPs over Tory disability employment gap target
The minister for disabled people misled a Commons committee about the government’s pledge to halve…
It’s official: Ministers have abandoned their disability employment gap target
A Labour MP has proved that the government has abandoned a target it set to…
Nearly one in three staff laid off by HMRC are disabled, says union
Nearly a third of employees who have lost their jobs in an HM Revenue and…
Experts call for focus on Access to Work, adjustments, attitudes… and funding
Disabled experts have suggested a raft of ways in which the government could help to…
Disability employment gap: Former diplomat calls for government action
The government must do more to research the benefits of disabled people finding work, according…
Disability employment gap: Experts demolish government excuses for WRAG cut
A trio of experts have destroyed government claims that cutting out-of-work benefits for disabled people…
Crabb scrapped IDS’s white paper because he ‘didn’t like the look of it’
The new work and pensions secretary scrapped the disability and employment white paper prepared by…