THE government is being urged to scrap plans to close factories employing disabled staff.
Workers from Remploy factories will hand in to 10 Downing Street a book signed by more than 8,000 people who support their case.
Half of Remploy’s 54 factories are to close by the end of the year, while a futher 18 will close or be sold next year.
Sally Kosky, national officer of the Unite union, has written to the Prime Minister saying : “As a fitting and proper gesture for the forthcoming Paralympic Games, we ask you to reconsider your government’s decision to close the factories at this 11th hour.”