Unusually this week, I seem to have a theme running through most of the newsletter – employment and the world of work.
You probably know that there is a wide gap between rates of employment in the population generally, and amongst disabled people. Reading Fraser Bowe's account of searching for a new job may give you an indication of some of the reasons why. Whatever the government says about the importance of improving the chances of employment for disabled people, his experience would suggest that schemes such as "Two Ticks" are little more than window dressing.
Read his account of the search for an employer willing to give him an opportunity, here