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"The main challenge for disabled people is how to obtain accessible employment in the first place. This is the key area where government and employers need to step up."
Our CEO, @CarolineJC5, said to @johnpringdns on Gov's #KeepBritainWorking programme.
Disabled people’s organisations have been kept “firmly on the outside” of a key government programme to improve workplace health, raising fresh questions about ministers’ commitment to co-producing disability-related policy.
#KeepBritainWorkingdisabilitynewsservice.com/ma…
Everyone needs opportunities at work. ‘Disability Confident’ should help employers to reach and grow Disabled talent. But companies can be awarded 'Disability Confident’ status without employing a single Disabled person. Success should mean evidence. buff.ly/eo6uLrr
ALT A Disabled person watching TV. On the screen a man behind a DWP lectern proudly announces, ‘those are the 3 levels of our newly reviewed Disability Confident scheme’. The Disabled person ponders: ‘Is there a level 4 where they actually have to employ a disabled person?’
Your voice can help build a world where Disabled people are respected and included. This autumn, we're offering free media training for Disabled people who want to speak to the press about issues affecting our lives. To get involved, visit our website: buff.ly/o4Ho0Ox
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How you can redesign PIP, Disabled bus passes, accessible loos and free media training for Disabled people - just a flavour of our latest newsletter, out this week. Sign up, or miss out: campaignfordisabilityjustice…
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Many Disabled people want to work, but we’re blocked by office locations, rigid hours, and a lack of adjustments. It's easy to solve this. Read Disabled people's expertise on making workplaces that work for everyone. buff.ly/fZ0Vdaq
ALT 43% of Disabled people who aren’t working would like a job, but are blocked.
Find out how your company can help.
Everyone needs opportunities at work, but Disabled people who can work are often denied chances, because employers can’t see our skills or won't accommodate accessibility requirements. Join us, to help make a world where everyone can grow. buff.ly/tCbyMPK
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'It is a recipe for greater hardship which will do nothing to tackle the barriers that exclude disabled people from the labour market, and it should be reversed.' Said our campaigns CEO @CarolineJC5@johnpringdns#OpportunitySecurityRespect
“We all need the means to live decent lives." says our CEO @CarolineJC5
“A key duty of government is to make sure those with the fewest resources and options are safeguarded from destitution, and successive governments have failed to do this."
@johnpringdns
This #TrusteesWeek, 3 - 7 November, a massive thank you to each of our own Inclusion Barnet trustees!
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And let's celebrate the achievements of nearly one million trustees across the UK.
ALT Image with photos of Inclusion Barnet's 6 Trustees, together with the Inclusion Barnet logo and text 'Meet the team'
"We need more than lip service from this government around disability rights – we need to see real commitment and action. And that starts with the appointed representatives showing up and taking their responsibilities seriously." Our CEO @CarolineJC5 comments.
@johnpringdns
If we gave the Government the benefit of the doubt that this delayed access to relevant information was coincidental rather than deliberate, it still has lessons for the need to bring actual evidence to bear on decision-making that impacts powerfully on Disabled people's lives.
On Friday, we wrote to every MP in the UK to urge them to reject the rushed Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit bill being voted on in Parliament tomorrow.
Whatever the outcome, we still need your support. Sign up to support our campaign: buff.ly/UKsiSKO
ALT Our letter: Dear Member of Parliament,
It is vital that opposition to the Universal Credit and PIP cuts Bill continues. The concessions proposed do nothing to protect those who will acquire conditions in years to come, and create an irrational two-tier system that cannot be justified by the evidence. Yes, it is welcome that existing Disabled claimants will not face sudden loss of their PIP, but, under the proposed system, new claimants with exactly the same conditions will be denied the help they need – poverty by stealth. And that will bring to future claimants all the knock-on effects on carers’ benefits, housing benefits, and increased poverty, which have caused so much concern to Disabled voters and their families. The Government’s Bill was proposing a similar two-tier system for the Universal Credit health element anyway, so there is no major concession there.
"By pushing the cuts onto future claimants, the government are betraying the next generation of disabled people.
We urge MPs to use their power to stop this impending disaster."
Read our response to the #WelfareReformBill ⬇️ @ParkinsonsUK#DisabilityBenefits
ALT Charles Gillies, Senior Policy Officer at the MS Society and Policy Co-Chair of the Disability Benefits Consortium, says:
“These supposed ‘concessions’ to the cuts bill are just a desperate attempt to rush through a disastrous piece of legislation. By pushing the cuts onto future claimants, the government are betraying the next generation of disabled people. Why should someone who needs support to wash in 2025 be entitled to PIP, but not someone who has the same needs in 2035?
“If the bill passes in its revised form, it will still push more people into poverty and worsen people’s health. We urge MPs to use their power to stop this impending disaster. The bill must be stopped in its tracks.”
Disabled people and their organisations MUST be fully involved in reviews of: WCA, PIP assessment process, Safeguarding, employer & employee support & Access to Work.
Sign our open letter now: buff.ly/TJI8pM6
ALT Graphic: A multi-coloured face filled with many faces; a glasses-wearer and hearing aid user are visible. Text: Consultation on the Pathways to Work Green Paper ends on June 30. We’re calling for genuine collaboration on system reviews that impact us all. Sign our open letter.
Our founder @CarolineJC5 said: “We fear the consequences could be far more serious than anticipated, with a raft of bad outcomes for disabled people, and we sincerely hope that future debates and votes will force a rethink.” @johnpringdns#DisabilityBenefits#TakingThePIP
ALT The front page of the Inquiry into the Disproportionate Impact of Poverty and Inequality on Disabled People from June 2025 plus a quote from CDJ’s Caroline Collier: “Where people experience barriers to entering the workplace, you don’t solve that by driving them to destitution.”
A new report from the APPG on Poverty & Inequality warns of devastating consequences for Disabled people if the Government proceeds with its proposed disability benefit cuts. 🚨
Read the report🔗 tinyurl.com/sj43hpt5#TakingThePIP
Private Eye has found that that 281,000 PIP claimants *already in paid work* stand to lose out under the proposed cuts (i.e the four-point rule)
That's 55% of all PIP claimants in paid work, according to the article
(not my article but I want to flag it)
Changes to benefit systems profoundly impact #Disabled people. But has the Government truly listened to our experiences?
If you think not, then sign our open letter calling for genuine collaboration on system reviews that impact us: buff.ly/TJI8pM6#DisabilityBenefits