DWP releases document on cuts to disabled work access scheme hours after election result

‘The DWP has moved further to examine cutting a scheme that helps disabled people into work – just hours after the Conservatives won the election.

The Access to Work fund helps people and employers cover costs of disabilities that might be a barrier to work. The biggest single users of the fund are people who have difficulty seeing and people who have difficulty hearing.

A policy document originally announced in March suggests a cap on how much the £108m fund can pay to people who use it.’

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