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Most employers have had zero contact with DWP, report shows, in blow to green paper plans

By John Pring on 22nd May 2025 Category: Employment

Most employers have had zero contact with DWP, report shows, in blow to green paper plans
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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 […]

Second wave of cuts could lead to ‘decimation’ of Access to Work scheme, but DWP refuses to comment

By John Pring on 8th May 2025 Category: Employment

Second wave of cuts could lead to ‘decimation’ of Access to Work scheme, but DWP refuses to comment
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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 […]

Chancellor raises worrying questions over PIP cuts as she suggests reassessments will open door to work support

By John Pring on 3rd April 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Chancellor raises worrying questions over PIP cuts as she suggests reassessments will open door to work support
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The chancellor has raised worrying questions about the government’s planned cuts to personal independence payment (PIP), after she repeatedly linked the disability benefit to employment when giving evidence to a committee of MPs. Rachel Reeves was being questioned by MPs on […]

Minister suggests cuts are coming to Access to Work scheme

By John Pring on 13th February 2025 Category: Employment

Minister suggests cuts are coming to Access to Work scheme
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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 […]

DWP ministers fail to sign up to their own disability employment scheme, seven months after election

By John Pring on 13th February 2025 Category: Employment

DWP ministers fail to sign up to their own disability employment scheme, seven months after election
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Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall – along with three of her ministerial team – failed to sign up to her own department’s disability employment scheme, a government report has revealed. The latest version of a list of employers signed up […]

New government figures show key policy at heart of disability employment strategy ‘will not work’

By John Pring on 19th December 2024 Category: Employment

New government figures show key policy at heart of disability employment strategy ‘will not work’
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A key treatment that ministers have placed at the heart of their strategy for pushing people with mental distress and ill-health into paid work has only a tiny impact on the probability of them securing jobs, government figures have shown. Disabled […]

Employment white paper promises ‘fundamentally different’ approach, but fails to answer key questions

By John Pring on 28th November 2024 Category: Employment

Employment white paper promises ‘fundamentally different’ approach, but fails to answer key questions
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A new government white paper has promised a “fundamentally different” approach to employment support, including “tackling ill health as the biggest driver of inactivity”, but it has left critical questions unanswered about Labour’s plans for disability benefits. Disabled people and their […]

Access to Work spending doubles in seven years

By John Pring on 7th November 2024 Category: Employment

Access to Work spending doubles in seven years
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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 […]

Labour silent over key concerns on disability employment policy and claimant safety

By John Pring on 6th June 2024 Category: Politics

Labour silent over key concerns on disability employment policy and claimant safety
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The Labour party has refused to answer key questions about the safety of its disability employment policies, and why it published an inaccessible social media post about those plans. Disability News Service (DNS) has been trying to clarify details of its […]

Foxcroft promises a Labour government would ‘break down the barriers to work’

By John Pring on 30th May 2024 Category: Employment

Foxcroft promises a Labour government would ‘break down the barriers to work’
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A Labour government would introduce a string of policies to reduce the disability employment gap and strengthen the rights of disabled people in the workplace, Labour’s shadow disability minister has told union activists. Vicky Foxcroft also told the TUC Disabled Workers’ […]

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