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Self-employment can provide choice and control for disabled people, MPs hear

By John Pring on 9th February 2017 Category: Employment

Self-employment can provide choice and control for disabled people, MPs hear
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Three disabled entrepreneurs have told MPs that the government should make it easier for people with impairments to move into self-employment. Jane Cordell, Sara McKee and Robert Winstanley were giving evidence to an inquiry by the Commons work and pensions select […]

Major arts organisations have ‘zero per cent’ disabled staff, Arts Council admits

By John Pring on 15th December 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Major arts organisations have ‘zero per cent’ disabled staff, Arts Council admits
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The arts sector appears to be making gradual progress on increasing the proportion of disabled people in its workforce, although many leading companies have admitted employing no disabled staff at all, a new report by the Arts Council has revealed. The […]

Experts call for focus on Access to Work, adjustments, attitudes… and funding

By John Pring on 18th August 2016 Category: Employment

Experts call for focus on Access to Work, adjustments, attitudes… and funding
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Disabled experts have suggested a raft of ways in which the government could help to fulfil its commitment to halving the disability employment gap. The ideas came during a public evidence session held at Somerset House in central London, part of […]

Disability employment gap: Former diplomat calls for government action

By John Pring on 7th July 2016 Category: Employment

Disability employment gap: Former diplomat calls for government action
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The government must do more to research the benefits of disabled people finding work, according to a former diplomat who was forced to quit after the Foreign Office refused to fund the lip-speakers she needed to do her job. Jane Cordell […]

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