Government won’t reach its employment target for disabled people until 2030, new analysis from the TUC warns.
The government is “years behind schedule” in delivering its manifesto commitment to halve the employment gap between disabled and non-disabled people by 2020, according to new analysis published by the TUC today.
Ministers have pledged to reach this milestone – which mean would having nearly two-thirds (63%) of disabled people in work – by the end of the decade.
However, TUC analysis shows that at current rates of progress it will take until 2030 to achieve this target.
The findings, which are published ahead of the TUC’s annual disabled workers’ conference, forecast that by 2020 just over half (52%) of disabled people will be in work – 11% less than the government promised.
The TUC wants the government to:
- Expand, protect and promote schemes like Access to Work
- Reverse cuts to Employment Support Allowance
- Ensure all disabled jobseekers have access to specialist advice and support from well-trained job centre staff