PIP (Personal Independence Payment) isn’t just another welfare benefit. It’s absolutely essential for disabled people who want to work and remain part of society. For so many, it’s the key to ...
Meet the women on a mission to make a big difference to the lives of disabled people across Britain. Kelly Gordon, 35, and Emma Gardner, 41, joined forces to found creative recruitment agency With Not ...
Access to Work has been in place since 1994, a service provided by the UK’s Department of Work and Pensions. Its intent was to remove barriers to employment, or self-employment, by funding the ...
The nation’s premier federal program that provides work for people who are severely disabled is mired in widespread corruption, financial fraud and violations of the law, numerous sources tell CNN.
The government has quietly scrapped a scheme designed to help disabled people and vulnerable individuals find jobs, despite the push to get more people on welfare benefits into employment. The £100m ...
The UK could save billions of pounds if employers took the lead in supporting disabled people and those facing long-term sickness to secure and sustain work, a landmark report has found. An ...
Tens of thousands of applications are believed to be caught up in the backlog (Getty) The problem of disabled people being forced to wait months for crucial support to help them start or stay in a job ...
We all agree that the welfare system needs change — but the current government’s proposal for benefits cuts disguised as “reform” will only reduce the number of disabled people in work. Key to the ...
This week Shadow Minister for Disabled People Jonathan Ashworth set out Labour’s plans to “Get Britain Working”. This included how they would help disabled people. Unfortunately, this plan wasn’t much ...
David Ellison, left, and Drew Boling plant lettuce pods in Watch Us Farm’s hydroponic sleeves that feed nutrients to the plants. (IBJ photo/Chad Williams) For three years, Max Richey has gone to work ...