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 ...