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The Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG) has sent a letter to the new Chancellor, Rt Hon John Healey, urging him to break the endless cycle of disability poverty and to rebuild trust between the...
Accelerating the switch to electric company cars could generate 344,000 additional jobs across the European Union by 2030, according to [Transport & Environment (T&E)](https://www.
As members of the public tour a fake ‘residential home’ for disabled people riddled with Nazi ideology, you desperately hope someone will speak up.
With nearly 1 million young people not in education, employment or training (a cohort known as “Neets”), the government and its advisers have signalled that welfare benefits may be cut to fund more...
Disability Rights UK has joined 100s of organisations across England in joining Habinteg’s ninth Accessible Homes week, calling for greater public awareness on the importance of accessible housing...
The prime minister has a once-in-a-generation chance to reintroduce compassion to welfare. He has to seize the moment Back in 2009, months before the coalition government unleashed sweeping...
**The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is secretly introducing changes to how it checks the quality of disability assessments, risking claimant safety and increasing the chance of dodgy reports...
_Jobcentre Plus should be devolved to the Scottish Government, argues Stephen McMurray._ There remains a significant employment rate gap in Scotland between disabled people and people with...
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People with autism, ADHD, dyslexia and other neurodivergent conditions are being targeted in a major Government drive to help more people into work.
People with autism, ADHD, dyslexia and other neurodivergent conditions are being targeted in a major Government drive to help more people into work.
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Jobless young people face huge DWP benefits change as under-25s set for payment AXE Swindon Advertiser
This week at the Labour Conference the Right to Food commission, which aims to deliver food security to everyone in the UK by 2035, released its final report, at a well-attended event.
Ministers are reportedly considering significant reforms to disability benefits, including restrictions on the health element of Universal Credit, changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and further reductions to Motability support. The proposed overhaul could affect thousands of young people, coming alongside two major reviews due later in 2026. This follows a period of policy flux: the Keep Britain Working review has been underway throughout 2026, and official DWP data shows the disability employment gap has widened to 29.5 percentage points. For inclusive employers, the story matters because benefit changes directly affect whether disabled jobseekers feel financially secure enough to enter or return to work. HR teams should watch for how reformed conditionality might increase referrals from employment services, and prepare to offer the reasonable adjustments and flexible working arrangements that can make transitions sustainable.
Ministers are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a key disability benefit for under-25s and replacing it with a multibillion-pound package of support to get into work,...
**Disabled Labour activists say they have seen some early signs of improvement in the way the party works with them on disability equality, in the two months since Andy Burnham became prime minister.
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