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Personal Independence Payments – information sent out from the Office for Disability Issues on behalf of DWP 16 March, 2012 Personal Independence Payments – information sent out from the Office for Disability Issues on behalf of DWP Posted by ellen at 00:35 am 2 Responses Benefits, News Dear All, I am writing to let you know that DWP have today confirmed plans to introduce Personal Independence Payment in stages so that they can learn from each stage and get the whole process right. The Department have also announced how the Disability and Carers Service will organise itself internally to deliver the new [...] Full Story ...	Right to Work campaign pledges support for Remploy workers 16 March, 2012 Right to Work campaign pledges support for Remploy workers Posted by ellen at 00:00 am No Responses Action, News Unanimous support was offered to Remploy workers resisting the closure of their factories by the Right to Work AGM on 11th March 2012. The pledge followed the announcement by government last week of the implementation of the findings from the Sayce Report, the review of disability employment support published last year. The report was commissioned [...] Full Story ...
Remploy Closures: ‘no segregated employment’ translates to unemployment for up to 2000 disabled workers 9 March, 2012 Remploy Closures: ‘no segregated employment’ translates to unemployment for up to 2000 disabled workers Posted by admin2 at 23:24 pm 2 Responses All Posts, Disability Rights, News, Politics, Social Model, Welfare reforms Tagged with: disabled peoples organisations, Remploy, Sayce, unemployment The standard response of the disability movement (whatever that is these days) has been to say no to segregated employment – they’ve said that since the 70s. The government mantra which insists that ‘work is good for you’ now seems to sit in an even more unbelievable place than it did a week ago after [...] Full Story ...	Minister ‘Lied’ over meeting Scottish DPO’s 2 March, 2012 Minister ‘Lied’ over meeting Scottish DPO’s Posted by admin2 at 14:58 pm 3 Responses Action, All Posts, Benefits, Disability Rights, Welfare reforms Tagged with: DPAC Freedom of Information Act, DPOs, Inclusion Scotland, Independent Living Scotland, Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living, Maria Miller, misrepresentation, Welfare Reform Two leading Scottish disabled people’s organisations have accused the minister for disabled people of lying about their involvement in a UK government consultation on welfare reform. Three organisations – Inclusion Scotland (IS), Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living (LCIL) and Independent Living in Scotland (ILiS) – were so angry at Maria Miller’s claims that they boycotted [...] Full Story ...

Personal Independence Payments – information sent out from the Office for Disability Issues on behalf of DWP

16 March, 2012
Personal Independence Payments – information sent out from the Office for Disability Issues on behalf of DWP
Posted by ellen at 00:35 am
2 Responses
Benefits, News

Dear All, I am writing to let you know that DWP have today confirmed plans to introduce Personal Independence Payment in stages so that they can learn from each stage and get the whole process right. The Department have also announced how the Disability and Carers Service will organise itself internally to deliver the new [...]

Right to Work campaign pledges support for Remploy workers

16 March, 2012
Right to Work campaign pledges support for Remploy workers
Posted by ellen at 00:00 am
No Responses
Action, News

Unanimous support was offered to Remploy workers resisting the closure of their factories by the Right to Work AGM on 11th March 2012. The pledge followed the announcement by government last week of the implementation of the findings from the Sayce Report, the review of disability employment support published last year. The report was commissioned [...]

Remploy Closures: ‘no segregated employment’ translates to unemployment for up to 2000 disabled workers

9 March, 2012
Remploy Closures: ‘no segregated employment’ translates to unemployment for up to 2000 disabled workers
Posted by admin2 at 23:24 pm
2 Responses
All Posts, Disability Rights, News, Politics, Social Model, Welfare reforms
Tagged with: disabled peoples organisations, Remploy, Sayce, unemployment

The standard response of the disability movement (whatever that is these days) has been to say no to segregated employment – they’ve said that since the 70s. The government mantra which insists that ‘work is good for you’ now seems to sit in an even more unbelievable place than it did a week ago after [...]

Minister ‘Lied’ over meeting Scottish DPO’s

2 March, 2012
Minister ‘Lied’ over meeting Scottish DPO’s
Posted by admin2 at 14:58 pm
3 Responses
Action, All Posts, Benefits, Disability Rights, Welfare reforms
Tagged with: DPAC Freedom of Information Act, DPOs, Inclusion Scotland, Independent Living Scotland, Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living, Maria Miller, misrepresentation, Welfare Reform

Two leading Scottish disabled people’s organisations have accused the minister for disabled people of lying about their involvement in a UK government consultation on welfare reform. Three organisations – Inclusion Scotland (IS), Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living (LCIL) and Independent Living in Scotland (ILiS) – were so angry at Maria Miller’s claims that they boycotted [...]