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Redundancies at Disability Rights UK, but boss says survival not at risk

The country’s most influential disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has insisted that its survival is not at risk, despite being forced to make several staff redundant, including one of its most high-profile campaigning voices.
Disability Rights UK was only formed last January from a merger between RADAR, the National Centre for Independent Living and Disability Alliance.
But it [...]

Slight improvement in Access to Work figures

The government has welcomed new figures which show a slight rise in the number of disabled people granted funds to make their workplaces more accessible.
The increase in “new customers helped” through the Access to Work (AtW) scheme comes after the number of people receiving support plummeted during the coalition’s first year.
The figures show the number [...]