Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire

THE majority of disabled workers who lost their jobs following the government's heartless closure of Britain's Remploy factories are still out of work, new figures revealed yesterday.

Numbers of disabled people helped and numbers continuing to benefit from Access to Work from April 2013 to December 2013.

The Minister of State for Disabled People visits a vehicle adaptations firm to see how the government’s £17m of investment is being spent.

Disabled people are moving into jobs, training or work placements at a rate of more than 100 placements every working day.

The government will base its new disability employment strategy on the provision of more personalised support to help disabled people into work, it announced this week.

Working with employers to remove barriers, increase understanding and ensure that disabled people can fulfil their potential.

Thousands of people across the world have signed a petition calling on a landscaping company to revoke a redundancy handed to a disabled employee.

Thousands of deaf people are protesting over new government guidance that makes it harder for them to obtain the support they need to communicate in the workplace.

Last month's increase to the minimum wage could mean that some carer's will no longer be eligible to claim Carer's Allowance, losing nearly £60 per week.

The number of disabled people taking advantage of support to get or keep a job is up by over 10% on last year.

Sue Marsh: Rachel Reeves and Kate Green are moving Labour away from defining the problem as one of 'shirkers' who can work but don't

Despite attitudes improving thanks to events like the Paralympics, disabled people report barriers in finding work, which is why many choose to be self-employed.

The physically disabled, the unemployable, and even former prisoners should build the £42.6bn High Speed 2 railway, according to a powerful new industry lobbying group.

A new paper that sketches out the first details of the government’s new disability employment strategy has been given a half-hearted welcome by experts.

Our new strategy sets out ideas on how to help more disabled people and those with health conditions get into and stay in work.

The Access to Work scheme has set aside £2 million to help disabled people take up work placements.

The big issue: Iain Duncan Smith is fooling himself if he thinks companies will choose to employ sick and disabled people

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing accusations of a double cover-up, after altering two sets of guidelines, both of which had allegedly been breached by one of its specialist welfare-to-work providers.

Government cost-cutting measures to the Access to Work scheme will create further barriers to employ deaf people, a group of charities have said.