@ James Purnell
Head of the Open Left project
Mr Purnell, you could take a disabled person and give him a good education and relevant experience. You could then dress him up in the finest clothes and shoes and personally drive him to the job interview.... Show more »Mr Purnell, you could take a disabled person and give him a good education and relevant experience. You could then dress him up in the finest clothes and shoes and personally drive him to the job interview. But your efforts will count for nothing unless the employer hires him. A yougovstone survey confirmed what disabled people have suspected for years and found that three quarters of employers would not hire disabled people. Why did you not acknowledge and deal with that instead of setting into motion reform that blames and punishes disabled people for their own unemployment? Show less »