Disabled People Say Welfare System Is Why They Can’t Get Back to Work

Disabled people say welfare system is why they can’t get back to work

Author of major review on how to keep people in work warns UK is ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’ amid ‘enormous’ cost to employers from ill health among workers

The DWP Keep Britain Working review is an attack on disabled people

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) much-vaunted Keep Britain Working review is here. On Wednesday 5 November, the former boss of John Lewis, Charlie Mayfield, launched the results of his nine-month, Europe-trotting appraisal of the UK’s supposed “quiet but urgent crisis”. More specifically, this is the issue of so-called economic inactivity from ill health. And what the 69-page final report made abundantly clear? That this Labour Party g…

Only 5% of people with learning disabilities are in paid employment

A new report has revealed that less than 5% of people with a learning disability are in paid employment (4.8%). A landmark review into supporting people to stay in work found that people with disabilities face significant barriers to entering the workplace and to staying in work due to a lack of appropriate adjustments. The…

Keep Britain Working: What the new Mayfield report misses for employers

Sir Charlie Mayfield’s Keep Britain Working review highlights key labour challenges but employers need clearer actions to drive real change

From Review to reality • Resolution Foundation

There’s always a danger that official reviews end up generating a lot of talk and symbolic gestures, but don’t set out meaningful steps for change. That’s the challenge faced by the just-published review by Charlie Mayfield into ill-health and disability and the workplace, ‘Keep Britain Working’. But it’s a challenge that the Review meets head-on, even if some question marks remain. In this blog post, we delve into the review, setting out its ke…

Employers join forces with government to reshape how health issues and disabilities are managed in the workplace

More than 60 major and many small employers are joining forces with government to tackle the rising tide of ill-health that is pushing people out of work and holding back growth.   The joint effort, developed in response to Sir Charlie Mayfield’s Keep Britain Working Review, will drive action to prevent ill-health, support people to […] The post Employers join forces with government to reshape how health issues and disabilities are managed in th…