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Eligible disabled people across England will get free bus travel all day, every day, after the Prime Minister announced Tuesday 18th August 2026 that the government will lift time restrictions on concessionary passes. Disabled people across England can soon travel on buses for free all day, every day Time restrictions on concessionary passes to be … Continue reading Free bus travel 24/7 for disabled people
The Timms Review launched October 2025 with the aim of making sure PIP is fair and fit for the future. Its Interim Report, published in July 2026, found that PIP is no longer fit for purpose. Fifteen workshops being held online and in person will help shape the recommendations of the Timms Review into Personal … Continue reading Disabled people invited to shape recommendations of review into PIP
Up to 40,000 disabled people and people with health conditions will benefit from expanded access to personalised support, as the government rolls out Support Conversations across a further 27 Jobcentres taking the total number of sites to 33. Support Conversations expanding to a further 27 Jobcentres across Great Britain, bringing the total to 33 sites. … Continue reading Out-of-work benefit claimants to get personalised support
Hundreds of thousands of sick or disabled people will be offered voluntary help towards employment as part of a package of measures coming into force 6th April 2026 that will encourage work and save taxpayers around £1 billion. Incentives that discourage work and trap people on benefits to be removed via legislation coming into force 6th … Continue reading Thousands to be supported into work with reforms to welfare system
Britain faces an urgent economic inactivity crisis driven in large part by ill-health and the barriers to work faced by disabled people. Over 1 in 5 working-age adults (2.8 million)are out of work and not looking for work and the most common cause is long-term health issues. The disability employment rate is 52.8%, 29.5% below … Continue reading Keep Britain Working – an update
Over 40,000 more sick or disabled people will receive intensive employment support to move into secure, fulfilling work and out of poverty, thanks to a £167.2 million boost to the Connect to Work programme. Nine further areas across England to benefit from a £167 million investment in Connect to Work – the programme that refuses … Continue reading Job advisers to be embedded in GP surgeries as tens of thousands more sick and disabled people offered help into work
Work will be unlocked for thousands of sick and disabled people through new measures that will bolster the support offered in Jobcentres and make the welfare system more sustainable, the Department for Work and Pensions has announced Thursday 6th March 2025. New plans to improve employment support brought forward ahead of wider reform package to … Continue reading Employment support to unlock work for sick and disabled people
A new Disability Confident guide for managers helping them recruit, retain, and foster the progression of disabled people and those with health conditions in the workplace has been published today by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) have published … Continue reading Boosting disabled people’s prospects at work
Six million people who are paid certain disability benefits will begin to receive a one-off payment of £150 from Tuesday 20th September 2020 Payments are part of the government’s wider £37 billion support package, including the Energy Price Guarantee and cost of living payments totalling £650 Those who had confirmed payment of their disability benefit … Continue reading £150 Disability Cost of Living Payments begin
Those with a disability or a physical or mental health condition, may need extra help to start a new job, or to stay in work. Employers have a legal responsibility to support those in work, by considering reasonable adjustments to the job, the recruitment process or by providing extra equipment. If an individual needs extra … Continue reading Financial help to work for those with disability and health challenges
The Minister for Disabled People launches a consultation on disability workforce reporting as part of the National Disability Strategy Consultation one of 100 immediate commitments in the National Disability StrategyEmployers, staff networks, disabled people and their organisations, encouraged to have their saySurvey will run until close 25th March 2022. Views on voluntary and mandatory reporting … Continue reading Consultation: disability workforce reporting
Hundreds of disabled university students are set to benefit from a new ‘passport’ scheme that will support them as they move into work. The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) Access to Work Adjustment Passport is to help ease the transition from university into employment by reducing the need for repeated health assessments. A pilot … Continue reading ‘Passport’ to help disabled graduates get in to employment
The Disability Confident scheme supports employers to make the most of the talents disabled people can bring in the workplace. Over 20,000 organisations have already signed up. Disability Confident employers play a leading role in changing attitudes for the better. They’re changing behaviour and cultures in their own businesses, networks and communities, and reaping the … Continue reading Employers – are you Disability Confident
Nine in 10 disabled workers surveyed (90 per cent) who worked from home during the pandemic want to continue doing so at least some of the time, according to a TUC poll. An overwhelming majority of disabled workers who worked from home during the pandemic told the TUC that they want to continue doing so … Continue reading Nine in 10 disabled workers want to continue working from home after pandemic
More accessible housing, easier commuting and better job prospects are set to become reality for millions of disabled people in the UK through actions set out in the government’s National Disability Strategy. Disabled people set to benefit from plans to upgrade job support and opportunities, housing and transport as part of a new National Disability … Continue reading New National Disability Strategy launched