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Early figures from the government’s “flagship” employment support programme show that about one in eight disabled people who have begun receiving out-of-work assistance through the scheme has reached its lower “threshold” for paid work. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) […]
A high-profile report by former Labour minister Alan Milburn suggests he will recommend more young disabled people must engage with employment support and face sanctions if they fail to do so, but ignores the safeguarding risks of such a strategy. Milburn’s […]
A government scheme that focused extra workplace funding on disabled people with higher support needs had a positive impact on both employees and employers, according to new research released just as ministers are seeking cuts to a wider programme. The scheme, […]
A tribunal has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to pay nearly £50,000 in damages to a Deaf man after repeatedly failing to provide him with the interpreters he needed for job-related interviews. Paul Rimmer said he believed his […]