How can the welfare state be reformed to support disabled people who can get into jobs, whilst offering a decent standard of living and wellbeing for those who can’t?
Of the total number of people of working age out of work in Britain, 40 per cent are disabled.
Only 51 per cent of disabled people are in work, falling to 21 per cent of people with a mental health condition and 17 per cent of people with a learning disability.
Almost a third of working-age disabled adults live in income poverty. This is higher than a decade ago, double the rate for working age non-disabled adults and higher than the rates for either pensioners or children.
68 per cent of households with children where both parents are out of work include at least one disabled parent and 32 per cent of lone parents.
For disabled people with a higher education qualification, the ‘lacking but wanting work’ rate of 14 per cent is actually higher than the ‘lacking but wanting work’ rate of non-disabled peopl
2006-07-20
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