Getting a Life is a three-year cross-government programme that aims to identify what needs to happen to ensure that young people with learning disabilities leave education and go on to achieve paid employment and full lives.
9th July 2009
Valuing Employment Now (launched on 24 June 2009) is the government's strategy to radically increase the number of people with learning disabilities in employment by 2025.
29th June 2009
The Welfare Reform Green Paper published 21 July 2008 announces government proposals to move people off Incapacity Benefit on to either Job Seekers Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance, with the aim of simplifying the benefits system.
1st August 2008
Improving specialist disability employment services is a public consultation published by the Department for Work and Pensions.
10th January 2008
Information about the DDA and employment rights on the Directgov website.
26th June 2006