Employment

48.3% of all Disabled London residents of working age are in employment compared to 74% of the non-disabled population.

Employment Support Allowance – Work Related Activity Group (ESA-WRAG) Cut Briefing

Employment Support Allowance – Work Related Activity Group (ESA-WRAG) Cut Briefing

The Welfare Reform and Work Act removed the Work Related Activity Component in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and the limited capability for work element of Universal Credit. Claimants in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) will lose around £30 per week as the benefit is brought into alignment with Job Seekers’ Allowance rates from 1st April this year.
Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper – Inclusion London’s response

Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper – Inclusion London’s response

Inclusion London has responded to the open consultation for the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper. We have a number of concerns that proposals in the green paper are either misplaced and will fail to tackle the root issues central to Deaf and Disabled people’s exclusion from employment opportunities, or have the potential for adverse impacts through contributing to avoidable harm.
Journey to Employment Job Clubs and Community Partners

Journey to Employment Job Clubs and Community Partners

Read our response to the two new initiatives aimed at supporting Disabled people into employment
Benefit sanctions inquiry – Inclusion London’s evidence

Benefit sanctions inquiry – Inclusion London’s evidence

Based on the experiences of Deaf and Disabled people we believe that sanctions are destructive and they drive Deaf and Disabled people further away from being able to find employment. We recommend that Deaf and Disabled people are no longer sanctioned.
BBC Interview: Disabled people on the difficulties of finding work

BBC Interview: Disabled people on the difficulties of finding work

Inclusion London hosted this BBC interview with Disabled people who have faced barriers to employment.
Inquiry into government’s commitment to halve the ‘disability employment gap’ – Inclusion London submits evidence

Inquiry into government’s commitment to halve the ‘disability employment gap’ – Inclusion London submits evidence

Government funding for employment support cut by £570 million.

Inquiry into the Future of Jobcentre Plus – Inclusion London’s evidence

Inquiry into the Future of Jobcentre Plus – Inclusion London’s evidence

Read our recommendations.
Inquiry into commissioning and contracting Small providers – Inclusion London’s evidence

Inquiry into commissioning and contracting Small providers – Inclusion London’s evidence

Read our practical recommendations to increase the contracting of small providers (e.g DDPOs)
Impact of reducing ESA for new claimants in the WRAG – our evidence to Parliamentary Review

Impact of reducing ESA for new claimants in the WRAG – our evidence to Parliamentary Review

Reducing the payments for new claimants in the Employment and Support Allowance Work Related Activity Group (ESA-WRAG) from £102.15 a week to £73.10 is likely to increase the number of Deaf and Disabled people living in poverty and struggling to pay basic household bills.
Stop Changes 2 ATW -update

Stop Changes 2 ATW -update

26th Sept 2015 – what a day to remember. It will go down as one of those historic occasions (we so seldom have these days in the Deaf community) where Deaf and Disabled people marched on a Saturday afternoon in the streets of London to voice their protest against what DWP/Access to Work and the Government are doing to us and our employment opportunities.