A disabled job-seeker who signed up to the government’s new Work and Health Programme was banned from using the toilet, washing his hands or accessing drinking water. Ryan*, from north London, was attending a voluntary programme run by the charity Shaw […]
Work and Health Programme
DWP’s ‘disrepute’ contract clause ‘is proof charities cannot be trusted’
Charities delivering DWP’s work programme ‘must promise not to attack McVey’
DWP refuses to name charities set to earn millions from new disability jobs scheme
Open letter from mental health activists probes charity’s links to DWP
Improving Lives: Ministers back down on ‘mandatory’ activity for ESA support group
Ministers have backed down – at least temporarily – from plans to force all sick and disabled people on out-of-work disability benefits to take part in compulsory work-related activity. There was an outcry among disabled campaigners last year when the government’s […]
Spartacus exposes work and health green paper ‘smokescreen’
Campaigners have published a withering 237-page attack on the government’s work, health and disability green paper, accusing ministers of creating a “smokescreen” to disguise their intention to cut support and force sick and disabled people into inappropriate work. The response from […]