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Employment

Labour must do the hard work of making employment accessible – instead of cutting benefits
a man in a wheelchair working at a laptop
Mikey Erhardt

Labour must do the hard work of making employment accessible – instead of cutting benefits

Mikey Erhardt writes about why benefit cuts are not the right way forward if Labour wants disabled people in employment. Instead, he argues that the government needs to tackle the deep-rooted problems of inaccessibility in the workplace
Disabled protesters say they'll stop Labour's benefit cuts – or die trying: 'I will fight my heart out'
Protesters in Cardiff outside their local MP's office with a sign saying 'welfare not warfare'
Disability benefits

Disabled protesters say they'll stop Labour's benefit cuts – or die trying: 'I will fight my heart out'

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England
Manchester
Women

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England

Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer
Employment

Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer

Unions are getting 'more powerful' as young, LGBTQ+ and disabled people eye up membership
unions

Unions are getting 'more powerful' as young, LGBTQ+ and disabled people eye up membership

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Migrant care worker left homeless after being 'exploited' UK employer: 'It's a national scandal'
Cardboard and a sleeping bag, on the church premises where Joseph is sleeping
Immigration

Migrant care worker left homeless after being 'exploited' UK employer: 'It's a national scandal'

'Much more stressful': Women less likely than men to have an 'appropriate' work at home space
Online learning
Work at home

'Much more stressful': Women less likely than men to have an 'appropriate' work at home space

I was a migrant working in a warehouse. Then I got a role in a film about doing exactly that
On Falling film advert
Film

I was a migrant working in a warehouse. Then I got a role in a film about doing exactly that

Letters: Stop assuming everyone with a house is somehow rich and without problems
Letters

Letters: Stop assuming everyone with a house is somehow rich and without problems

British Steel could be nationalised. Here's what that means for workers and the country
Steel

British Steel could be nationalised. Here's what that means for workers and the country

I'm a survivor of modern slavery – this is the shocking way I was treated by the UK government
Rosemarie/ the Voice of Domestic Workers
Rosemarie

I'm a survivor of modern slavery – this is the shocking way I was treated by the UK government

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?
Modern slavery

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?

DWP 'work coach shortage' could undermine Labour's bid to help disabled people into work
jobcentre plus/ dwp
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP 'work coach shortage' could undermine Labour's bid to help disabled people into work

Five years after Covid, why has working from home become a culture war fault line?
Five years on from the pandemic

Five years after Covid, why has working from home become a culture war fault line?

Families torn apart for not earning enough under 'unfair' visa rules: 'I can't take care of my husband'
Immigration

Families torn apart for not earning enough under 'unfair' visa rules: 'I can't take care of my husband'

Understanding your payslip: Making sense of deductions and contributions
Stock image of a calculator with papers and a laptop
Payslip

Understanding your payslip: Making sense of deductions and contributions

Cuts, universal credit and PIP: Everything you need to know about Labour's benefits overhaul
Liz Kendall DWP secretary
Benefits

Cuts, universal credit and PIP: Everything you need to know about Labour's benefits overhaul

The gig economy and your finances: How to make it work for you
Gig economy

The gig economy and your finances: How to make it work for you

'Being alive is utterly exhausting': How Covid forced people out of work and onto benefits
long-covid patient pictures
Five years since the pandemic

'Being alive is utterly exhausting': How Covid forced people out of work and onto benefits

This small change to sick pay would make a huge difference for people with mental health problems
person with book on head and papers scattered around
Minesh Patel

This small change to sick pay would make a huge difference for people with mental health problems

DWP reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts
DWP minister Liz Kendall
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How the miners' strike changed the way Britain works, 40 years on
Miners' strike

How the miners' strike changed the way Britain works, 40 years on

Number of young people not in work or education highest for a decade – but it's not their fault
The green job centre plus sign hangs above a wet and dirty concrete architrave
NEET

Number of young people not in work or education highest for a decade – but it's not their fault

Foreign workers at 'increasing risk of exploitation' as UK sees sharp fall in work visas
Prime minister Keir Starmer dressed in hi-vis jacket and hard hat
Migration

Foreign workers at 'increasing risk of exploitation' as UK sees sharp fall in work visas

Letters: Starmer and co aren't changemakers – they're change-talkers 
Letters

Letters: Starmer and co aren't changemakers – they're change-talkers 

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