UK-wide protests against planned cuts to Remploy

Posted on 22 Aug 2011 by The Manufacturer

The Government is considering cuts to the state-sponsored employment service for disabled workers, with fears that the move could result in the loss of over 500 jobs in Yorkshire alone.

Remploy workers at the Manchester Road factory in Bolton took to the streets in protest at the planned cuts on Saturday. Bolton South East MP Yasmin Qureshi, who is backing the campaign to prevent the cuts, went to show her support on Thursday August 18. Mrs Qureshi was also in Victoria Square at the weekend,…

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