User Capabilities not displaying corresponding items in dashboard

Hi,

I have added a new user role and I want to give it the capability to publish posts. However, no publish posts item appears in the dashboard so I can’t see a way to publish the post.

Here is the code for the new role:

// Projects
add_action('admin_init', 'projects_role');

function projects_role() {
	$projects = add_role('projects', 'Projects Group', array(
		'read' => true,
		'publish_posts' => true,
		'view_projects'
	));

	$projects = get_role('projects');
	$projects->add_cap('view_projects');
}

If I do a test such as:

if ( current_user_can( 'publish_posts' ) ) {
    echo 'The current user can publish_posts';
}

It outputs ‘The current user can publish_posts’ yet I can’t actually see a way to do it. What am I doing wrong?

I also have numerous other roles that have the same issue.

Thanks