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November 16, 2016

What is it like to be disabled and work at the DWP?

The Department for Work and Pensions
October 18, 2015

Tax Credits and the 'jobs miracle'

When Michelle Dorrell, an angry Conservative voter confronted a government minister on Question Time, planned cuts to tax credits went t
May 22, 2015

Action needed to reduce disability employment gap, says TUC

A new TUC report Disability and employment, published today looks at the experiences of disabled people in the labour market and finds that they are still at a significant disadvantage.
February 19, 2015

Maximus and the Fit For Work service

The Daily Telegraph today (19th February 2015) reported on the new F
December 24, 2014

Quarter of a million jobseekers to spend second Christmas on the dole

Over 250,000 people are set to spend their second successive Christmas on the dole, according to new research by the TUC.
April 10, 2014

Listen to disabled people, says Baroness Lister

One of Britain's leading academic and policy experts on poverty and disadvantage, and how to combat them, has commended the new Spartacus Network Report, Beyond the Barriers which was produced wholly by disabled and sick people, and co-published by Ekklesia yesterday (9 April 2014).
April 9, 2014

Disabled and sick people call for an overhaul of failing jobs support system

A key new report highlights the failure of the government's employment support and sanctions system for disabled people and spells out the alternative approach.
April 9, 2014

An unforgiving environment for thousands of disabled people across the UK

This new report Beyond the Barriers: Employment Support Allowance, the Work Programme and recommendations for a new system of support, released by the Spartacus Network and co-published by Ekklesia and the Centre for Welfare Reform today, demonstrates that the policy status quo presents an unforgiving environment for thousands of disabled people across the UK, says its stinging conclusion.
April 9, 2014

Beyond the Barriers: ESA, the Work Programme and recommendations for a new system of support
January 10, 2014

Work Programme 'still failing disabled people'

Claims to be 'getting disabled people into work' mask failures in the programme doing so, says a major UK disability alliance.