The Government has made a lot of noise about wanting to support people, especially disabled people, back into work. At the same time they have made it harder both for disabled people to get into work or for those in work to stay in work through: tightening the application of the criteria used for PIP forcibly moving claimants from ESA to Universal Credit, resulting in substantial cuts in benefits removing tax emptions from the Motability scheme making Access to Work even more

Ready for a rollercoaster... We are going on a journey with this week's finished artwork, following the cacao bean from its source to bar/drink, etc. History and much more, get ready... Maybe grab a chocolate snack while you read this blog...

New week, new topic - our focus is mental health and 'holding space'. Looking at 'Hands' for this, lots of inspiration included, join us if you are free, Wednesday, 7:30 pm, UK time, see you if you are free.

Good Morning Conference. Kevin Daws moving Motion 3 – Fit for Purpose – on behalf of the UCU Conference, whilst all disability campaigners should be congratulated on the campaign last year to repel the Labour Government’s cuts to disability and related benefits. We cannot afford to be complacent. The fact that there is not a Welfare Bill in last week’s King’s Speech does not come as a surprise to me, and I’m sure that it does not come as a surprise to you either. Just ask you

Most years we have a debate about Reasonable Adjustments at the TUC Disabled Workers Conference and this year was no exception but the UCU had submitted an amendment, which was accepted, saying that Reasonable Adjustments should in the future be called ‘Necessary Adjustments’ because they are not optional. Mark Anthony Bastiani of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) moved Motion 10 Reasonable Adjustments in the Workplace as amended. This is what he said in his speech moving