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Remploy

Remploy was an organisation in the United Kingdom which initially provided direct employment, and then later also employment placement services, for disabled people. From 1946, Remploy directly employed disabled people in a number of factories owned by the company itself and subsidised by the UK government, before these were phased out between 2008 and 2013. From 2006, Remploy's employment services business supported disadvantaged people into work, and was a major welfare-to-work provider, delivering a range of contracts and employment programmes for people with substantial barriers to work. Between 2009 and 2014, it found 100,000 jobs for disabled people. In 2015, the service became controlled by Maximus, who continued to use Remploy as a trading name until 2026.

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Remploy was an organisation in the United Kingdom which initially provided direct employment, and then later also employment placement services, for disabled people. From 1946, Remploy directly employed disabled people in a number of factories owned by the company itself and subsidised by the UK government, before these were phased out between 2008 and 2013. From 2006, Remploy's employment services business supported disadvantaged people into work, and was a major welfare-to-work provider, delivering a range of contracts and employment programmes for people with substantial barriers to work. Between 2009 and 2014, it found 100,000 jobs for disabled people. In 2015, the service became controlled by Maximus, who continued to use Remploy as a trading name until 2026.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 1944 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 2012 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1944". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "2012". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371260322

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