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Interview: Minister for Disabled People Tom Pursglove on Where Is The Interpreter, Access to Work delays and more (BSL)

March 22, 2023 by Liam O'Dell

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Following his speech at the British Deaf Association’s first ever British Sign Language (BSL) conference, during which he announced the […]

Minister for Disabled People yet to be confirmed despite reports MP Claire Cutinho is in role

September 30, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has not announced the new Minister for Disabled People, despite several reports that […]

BSL Act Now: Government supports British Sign Language Bill with ASL video

January 29, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

The Department for Work and Pensions has come under fire for a video expressing its support for Rosie Cooper MP’s […]

Access to Work delays continue as DWP aims to contact applicants ‘within 12 weeks’

November 16, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Access to Work (AtW), the UK Government scheme which supports disabled people in the workplace, is continuing to experience administrative […]

All Work, No Pay? Interpreters and deaf professionals face chaos due to delayed Access to Work payments

September 22, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Lengthy delays to Access to Work payments – sometimes of many months – are causing severe anxiety for communication professionals, […]

Deaf News: DWP to improve services for deaf customers in new legal agreement

August 20, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is to better its support for deaf customers using video relay, it has […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Whoever wins the election needs to stop the DWP bullying deaf employees

May 7, 2015 by Editor

Today is the day all of us – deaf included – have the chance to go to the polls to elect […]

Deaf News: Human rights lawyers challenge Iain Duncan Smith to publish criteria applied to Access to Work applications

December 4, 2014 by Editor

Human rights lawyers at law firm Leigh Day have sent a pre-action letter to the Secretary of State for Work […]

“We were looking at how to possibly catch you out or restrict you.” Access to Work adviser talks to BBC News

October 31, 2014 by Editor

A BBC News report, aired on Wednesday evening, has shown an anonymous Access to Work adviser talking of a “culture […]

Deaf News: UK Council on Deafness welcomes commitment to improving Access to Work from Minister for Disabled People

October 30, 2014 by Editor

Here’s a press release from the UK Council on Deafness, which was released moments ago on the BDA Facebook page. […]