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Long Covid and illness drives 400,000 more people from the workforce
04 May 2022 | News
A new Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) report warns that deep health inequalities and ineffective policies mean people are living shorter lives, with more years spent in poor health, and facing greater barriers to staying in, and thriving, in ...
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.” ...
Children with Special Education Needs and Disability Abandoned by Schools during Lockdown
28 July 2020 | News
Coronavirus and SEND Education: 75% of schools ignored Government risk assessment guidance during the lockdown. A new report shows the extent to which ... which showed a similar picture. Unfortunately, these problems are not over, some parents are now being told that ...
Report into Magistrates’ Courts reveals shocking levels of inaccessibility for Disabled Magistrates
21 June 2023 | News
... Magistrates’ Association has published a new report revealing the shocking level of inaccessibility of Magistrates’ ... of policy, Fazilet Hadi, explain the results of the report and call for urgent action to remedy the everyday ... Actions need to be urgently taken to address these issues. Justice needs to be seen to be done, but the ...
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 ...
International Day of Disabled people – Fighting for our rights in a post Covid world
02 December 2021 | News
International Day of Disabled people – Fighting for our ... As I write this, on 2 nd December 2021 it seems a little early to be talking about a post-Covid world. Yet again the ... that the measures taken are too weak or too onerous and will or won’t be followed. But there will come a day ...
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 ...
High success rate in ESA sanction challenges
16 August 2017 | News
... statistics show that many ESA sanctions are reversed following review and challenge. For the period from 3 December 2012 to 31 ... in no sanction being applied; there were a total of 2,597 mandatory reconsiderations of which 1,493 (57%) resulted in ...
MP demands better into work support for disabled people
28 October 2013 | News
Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston argues for individualised support with employment for people with mental health problems and less coercion. In this Guardian article Sarah Wollaston ...