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Tomorrow, 9.25am 🕘 We are looking at how disabled people can be better supported to start and stay in work, and the effectiveness of the Government’s recent efforts to narrow the disability employment gap. Learn more and watch the session live: committees.parliament.uk/event/21376/fo…

Tomorrow, 9.25am 🕘

We are looking at how disabled people can be better supported to start and stay in work, and the effectiveness of the Government’s recent efforts to narrow the disability employment gap.

Learn more and watch the session live: committees.parliament.uk/event/21376/fo…
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🕛 12.05pm, Tuesday We'll be examining the report on women's State Pension age, recently published by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Learn more and watch live: committees.parliament.uk/event/21323/fo…

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This week, we continued our inquiry on disability employment. 👥 Professor Kim Hoque, co-founder of Disability@Work, told us Disability Confident was making almost “no difference” to the employment prospects of disabled people 👇

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🕘 9.25am, Wednesday We'll be learning more about: 👉 specific barriers faced by people with different disabilities and health conditions to work 👉 how employers can help disabled people stay in work Learn more: committees.parliament.uk/event/21589/fo…

🕘 9.25am, Wednesday

We'll be learning more about:

👉 specific barriers faced by people with different disabilities and health conditions to work
👉 how employers can help disabled people stay in work

Learn more: committees.parliament.uk/event/21589/fo…
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📢 We're now on Instagram! Follow @UKCommonsCommittees to find out more about our work and how UK House of Commons select committees help shape policy in the UK 👉 instagram.com/reel/C5yRqYisK…

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We're calling on the Government to provide compensation for women born in the 1950s affected by DWP’s failure to communicate increases in the State Pension age from 1995 onwards, following Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report. We want to see action on this by July. Click to learn more 👇

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Later today, the UK House of Commons will debate the findings of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report. It calls on Parliament to identify a remedy to the injustice faced by women affected by state pension age changes. This follows our hearing on the topic 👇 Watch live: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/dc…

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We have written to the Minister for Employment Jo Churchill asking for more information on the Prime Minister's announcement that the Government would be bringing forward to 2025 the transfer of ESA claimants, who may be vulnerable, to Universal Credit.

We have written to the Minister for Employment <a href="/Jochurchill_MP/">Jo Churchill</a> asking for more information on the Prime Minister's announcement that the Government would be bringing forward to 2025 the transfer of ESA claimants, who may be vulnerable, to Universal Credit.
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9.25am, tomorrow 🕘 Our main role is to scrutinise Department for Work and Pensions policy, spending, and administration. This week, we'll be doing that by putting our questions to Mel Stride MP, Secretary of State, and Peter Schofield MP, Permanent Secretary. Watch: committees.parliament.uk/event/21594/fo…

9.25am, tomorrow 🕘

Our main role is to scrutinise <a href="/DWPgovuk/">Department for Work and Pensions</a>  policy, spending, and administration.

This week, we'll be doing that by putting  our questions to Mel Stride MP, Secretary of State, and Peter Schofield MP, Permanent Secretary.

Watch: committees.parliament.uk/event/21594/fo…
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Nominations for Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee are open until 4pm on Monday 9 September. Track the candidates here 👇 committees.parliament.uk/committee/164/…