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Remploy bidders offered wage subsidy

Remploy bidders offered wage subsidy

Government announces £10m concession in attempt to firm up bids for 36 loss-making factories under threat of closure Employers who take over any of the 36 state-owned Remploy factories facing closure will be offered a short-term subsidy of up to a third of the wages of the units’ disabled workers, the government has announced. The £10m concession has been announced by ministers in an attempt to firm up bids for the factories, which have been declared unviable in their existing forms. The deadline for submission of business plans has been extended

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Politics Weekly podcast: Greece nears euro exit and disability benefits cut

As Greece prepares for a new round of elections the markets are getting restless around Europe and money is being rapidly withdrawn from banks exposed to a disorderly exit. Meanwhile, in Britain David Cameron has begun openly contemplating the break-up of the single currency while the Bank of England governor has complained of a continent “tearing itself apart”. Joining Tom Clark in the studio to discuss this are Randeep Ramesh , the Guardian’s social affairs editor; Heather Stewart , economics editor of the Observer, and Max Wind-Cowie of the thinktank Demos

by Mark Glasgow
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Politics Weekly podcast: Greece nears euro exit and disability benefits cut

As Greece prepares for a new round of elections the markets are getting restless around Europe and money is being rapidly withdrawn from banks exposed to a disorderly exit. Meanwhile, in Britain David Cameron has begun openly contemplating the break-up of the single currency while the Bank of England governor has complained of a continent “tearing itself apart”.

by Mark Glasgow
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Live Q&A: Employing disabled people, 24 May, 1 pm – 3pm

Live Q&A: Employing disabled people, 24 May, 1 pm – 3pm

Join us on Thursday to discuss the role played by social enterprises in increasing disabled employment Many social enterprises employ disabled workers. This is part of the social value they generate and can also give them a unique selling point in their chosen market place

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by Mark Glasgow
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Letters: The human cost of disability cuts

We are concerned about the current and projected impacts on disabled people of the changes to employment and support allowance; the ongoing issues with the work capability assessment; the reduction in local authority social care expenditure; the replacement of disability living allowance by personal independence payment; the closure of the independent living fund and the cap on housing benefit ( Report , 10 May).

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Cuts putting lives of learning disabled at risk, say nurses

Inconsistent levels of care are putting patients in danger, and are being exacerbated by budget cuts, survey reveals When the abuse of adults at Winterbourne View hospital near Bristol hit the headlines earlier this year it catapulted the mistreatment of people with learning difficulties in residential settings into the headlines, and prompted calls for immediate reforms to protect vulnerable people. However, if advocates for change had hoped that the revelation would be the final alarm raised about poor care for people with learning disabilities, then a new report from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is likely to shatter those hopes

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Nurses fear spending cuts will put people with learning disabilities at risk

Nurses fear spending cuts will put people with learning disabilities at risk

Three in four nurses have seen cuts to services in their area in the past year, survey reveals Nurses who work with people with learning disabilities have “real concerns” about the safety of their clients because of cuts in services, according to a study published on Wednesday. A survey of 500 nurses revealed that three out of four saw spending cuts to services in their area in the past year.

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Free home care available to fewer elderly people

Free home care available to fewer elderly people

Older and disabled people suffer postcode lottery over fees as numbers who have home care paid by local council fall 11% The number of vulnerable older and disabled people who had home care services fully paid by their local authority fell by 11% in England in the past two years, according to newly published figures. The data also reveals wide variations in council charges across England. Freedom of information requests to 120 councils revealed that home care services – which send carers to help vulnerable older and disabled people get up in the morning, and get washed, dressed and fed – are becoming more expensive and inaccessible to many of the population

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