Posted by Neil Crowther on Wednesday, March 7, 2012,
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Remploy
The reaction to today's announcement regarding the closure of 36 of the remaining 54 Remploy factories was predictable, coming hot on the heels of the Welfare Reform Act receiving Royal Assent.
However, the redeployment of resources presently tied up in Remploy factories to be used to support disabled people into open employment was and is the right course. Remploy factories employ around 2,800 disabled people, at an annual cost of around £22,700 per person (a total of around £63 million... Continue reading ...
In a world-first, the UK's Parliament has conducted an inquiry into the UK Government's implementation of Article19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - the right to live independently and to be included in the community. I was honoured to work as a specialist adviser to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights on the Inquiry which began in 2011 and received evidence from over 300 witnesses.
