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Protesters to march on jobcentre over mental health therapy links

By John Pring on 19th June 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Protesters to march on jobcentre over mental health therapy links
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Disabled activists are to hold a protest about a new government scheme that will see mental health therapists installed in a south London jobcentre. Members of the Mental Health Resistance Network (MHRN) are also furious that a new “Living Well Hub”, […]

Concern over DWP plans to scrap specialist work adviser roles

By John Pring on 29th December 2014 Category: Employment, News Archive, Politics

Concern over DWP plans to scrap specialist work adviser roles
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New moves to scrap the role of specialist disability employment advisers (DEAs) in some jobcentres risk “dismantling” the support available to help disabled people into work, campaigners fear. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed this week that a pilot […]

Judge brands DWP jobseeker’s agreement ‘unlawful’, after action by disabled claimant

By John Pring on 14th November 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Employment, News Archive

Judge brands DWP jobseeker’s agreement ‘unlawful’, after action by disabled claimant
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A judge has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that part of the agreement signed by out-of-work benefit claimants does not comply with the law, following a legal challenge from a disabled job-seeker. The comments by Judge Christopher Ward […]

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