The Disability Policy Centre

Last chance to respond to The Disability Policy Centre's research survey and help shape policy to make the West Midlands an exemplar region for disabled people. The deadline is Sunday night!

Did you see The Disability Policy Centre at or conference on Tuesday? If you didn't get a chance to take their survey about living and working in the West Mids you can do via the link in their post.

We had a great time this week at the SIC conference in Birmingham. Thank you to Alice Hargreaves and the team for hosting us. We have extended our research survey until Sunday night. If you live or work in the West Midlands, please complete our survey so that we can help make the region an exemplar region for disabled people. You can also be entered into a prize draw to win a £250 Amazon voucher. Complete the survey here: https://lnkd.in/eWucRTXQ Please contact us if you would like Easy Read, or other accessible versions. #WestMidlandsExemplarRegion

As we reach the end of Black History Month, we wanted to highlight some important work that has been done on intersectionality. Read this blog by Evenbreak here: https://lnkd.in/ebM9R83G Read more information on The Voice and Cambridge University study here: https://lnkd.in/ejvTbSBD View the data from the Annual Population Survey 2023 here: https://lnkd.in/ehbRyTcd #BlackHistoryMonth2024

Our response to yesterday’s Budget. #Budget2024 https://lnkd.in/eXxYF7A5

As the Chancellor announces her first Budget and Autumn Statement today, our ‘Non-Friction Jobs Package’ - investing in disabled people and carers - could raise £20bn for the Exchequer by 2029. Read our recommendations below, and our full report here: https://lnkd.in/eycPMhap #Budget2024 #DisabilityEmploymentGap

Our report author Arun Veerappan and our Director Chloe Schendel-Wilson give their view on our latest research, ‘Plugging the Fiscal Black Hole’. Read the full report, including accessible versions, here: https://lnkd.in/eycPMhap #AutumnStatement #Budget2024

Pleased that our new research was mentioned in London Playbook this morning. You can read our report here: https://lnkd.in/ewMH3DCb POLITICO Europe

Our Director Chloe Schendel-Wilson has written in Politics.co.uk today about our latest research. ‘How closing the disability employment gap can plug the Treasury’s fiscal ‘black hole”.

From Chloe Schendel-Wilson of The Disability Policy Centre: How closing the disability employment gap can plug the Treasury’s fiscal ‘black hole’ https://lnkd.in/ewprfFnT