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Challenge to Access to Work cap to be heard in High Court

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DRUK reporting that the High Court has ruled that a legal challenge to Access to Work cap can go ahead -

The two key issues being heard relate to the public sector equality duty and indirect discrimination, in particular the disproportionately effect of the cap on Deaf BSL users and Disabled people with high support needs, effectively removing employment support from those with the most complex needs and placing them at a disadvantage when trying to get into, stay in and get on in paid work.