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A lot of interesting developments on I Can Make It to close 2017
14 December 2017 | News
... our event to be held on the 20 th of March 2018 at The Financial Times. At the event employers can either pledge a ... to meet our Champions, chat to the I Can Make It and Disability Rights UK team, make new contacts and discuss ideas on getting more young people with ...
Government refuses to start public inquiry into Covid as PM accused of saying let the “bodies pile high”
27 April 2021 | News
... who have suffered bereavement through Covid that “an inquiry now is not appropriate”. A letter sent from the ... The government said it is focussing on vaccine delivery and preparing for “the effects of the third wave of the ... by the very same government which made so many mistakes early on in this pandemic – mistakes which led to an ...
DR UK on Commons Committee report on ESA-PIP public contract failures
13 February 2018 | News
Commenting on the Work and Pensions select committee report into ... in need of support. "The recording of assessments, and the early provision of assessor reports to claimants and their ... For further information on welfare rights, education issues and social care you will find our factsheets/guides ...
MPs hold WCA evidence session
10 June 2014 | News
The Work and Pensions Committee is holding a final oral evidence session for its inquiry into ... about the delivery of the WCA by Atos, and how these issues may be resolved with the new provider The ESA ...
How does limiting the Access to Work Scheme get more Disabled people into work?
20 February 2025 | News
The Government’s messaging on Access to Work is truly extraordinary! It has spent ... of these things. Instead, the Minister for Social Security and Disability has said: “The problem is that there has ... been an enormous surge in applications for Access to Work and the department has done its level best to keep up.” ...
Govt responds to MP review of benefit sanctions policy
22 October 2015 | News
Government response to Work and Pensions Select Committee report, Benefit sanctions ... beyond the Oakley Review Written Statement was made by Mr Iain Duncan Smith (The Secretary of State for Work and ... the Work and Pensions Select Committee, we will trial from early next year a system of warning before a sanction is ...
Access to Work Cap goes to the High Court
13 February 2018 | News
... The restrictions were introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions to limit the amount of support that individuals ... by Inclusion London which found evidence of systemic problems with Access to Work The case is being brought under ... Project is also supporting the legal challenge The two key issues being heard relate to the public sector equality duty ...
A human catastrophe – New UN condemnation for UK human rights record
30 August 2017 | News
... Government’s claim to be a ‘world leader in disability issues’ has today been crushed by the UN Committee on the ... the government’s “lack of recognition of the findings and recommendations of the (2016) Inquiry” which found ... endless rise in the numbers of people with mental health problems being detained or forcibly treated in the community ...
GPs to prescribe sport and leisure activities to improve patient wellbeing
26 July 2018 | News
The government is to invest nearly £4.5 million to fund ‘social prescribing’ schemes throughout England using the Health and Wellbeing Fund. Read more The ... be socially isolated, for example because of mental health problems or learning difficulties providing support for ...
Disability pay gap increases to highest level since 2013
24 May 2018 | News
... on average than non-disabled workers Disability pay gap has increased to a 4-year high of 15% A new TUC report published ... workers – a disability pay gap of £1.50 an hour and £2,730 a year. The disability pay gap has now reached ... disabled people are less likely to be in employment – and when employed they are paid less than their non-disabled ...