Yesterday we published a report on Access to Work: Disabled people may be prevented from working due to government red tape. We noted that:

Disabled people may find it more difficult to get in and stay in work because of government red tape… The extra cost to just one member we worked with will be as much as £300 a week, or a one off cost of over £600.

We were incredibly grateful for all the retweets and support our report received yesterday. Thanks to everyone who shared the report.

To supplement the short written report, below we have produced an Audioboo and video explaining in different ways what the issue is and what difference it can make.

In our Audioboo, ecdp’s Lived Experience Officer Faye Savage talks about the Access to Work issue:

In the video below, our colleague Cindy talks about how the Access to Work issue will affect her:

ecdp is calling upon Access to Work to urgently reexamine and reverse their application of this policy, in light of the experiences of some of our members and in line with the guidance issued by the Department for Transport and the local application of licensing laws by Borough Councils.

To achieve this we are fully committed to working with Access to Work, the Department for Transport, local Borough Councils, our members and any other relevant stakeholders.

Update: Society Daily at the Guardian has kindly picked up our report. You can read Society Daily here: Society Daily. Vern Pitt at Community Care has also picked it up on the Adults’ blog here: Changes to disabled people’s benefits costing people up to £600.