New DWP employment scheme could support 10,000 disabled people
The new work and pensions secretary, Amber Rudd, has announced details of a new voluntary…
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Duncan Smith refuses to apologise over ‘exploitative’ comments
The architect of many of the government’s most unpopular and flawed welfare reforms, Iain Duncan…
DWP faces nearly 60 disability discrimination tribunal cases in 20 months
The Employment Tribunal has dealt with almost 60 claims of disability discrimination taken against the…
Labour conference: De Cordova calls for a ‘Labour alternative’ to universal credit
Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people has called on her party to come up with…
New job stats raise questions over ministers’ boasts on disability employment
New figures obtained by a disabled people’s organisation – after ministers refused to commission the…
Deaf boss forced to appeal for charity support after Access to Work court defeat
A Deaf chief executive is having to appeal to charity to fund the support he…
DWP refuses to pay £125 to discover number of disabled people in full-time jobs
Ministers are refusing to commission work that would cost just £125 and would show how…
Disability Confident employers promise less than one job each on average
Nearly 7,000 employers that signed up to the government’s much-criticised Disability Confident jobs scheme have…
Video catches McVey’s misleading claims about disability job stats
Work and pensions secretary Esther McVey has been caught making misleading claims on social media…
Absence of stats ‘is killer blow to government’s disability employment pledge’
The failure to provide up-to-date figures showing how many disabled people are in work is…