Employment
48.3% of all Disabled London residents of working age are in employment compared to 74% of the non-disabled population.
Government increase Access to Work cap
With hours to go before a BBC disability news team feature examining the detrimental impacts of the Access to Work cap is due to air and with an impending high court challenge against the cap, the government has announced it is increasing the cap. They say this will affect fewer Deaf and Disabled people.
Stop Changes to Access to Work – guest post from Geraldine O’Halloran
When AtW works well it’s a brilliant support, ensuring those of us who need it can have the right support to let us get on with the jobs we have. But, like many good ideas – someone had to come along and spoil it. Guest post from Geraldine O’Halloran from the StopChanges2ATW campaign.