New report on tackling the disability employment gap

Thu,10 March 2016
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Closing the gap: Creating a framework for tackling the disability employment gap in the UK.

Halving the disability employment gap is a challenging ambition that should not be rushed. This Social Market Foundation report sets out a range of principles for how reform should progress and a number of areas where specific reforms should be considered.

The 2015 Conservative manifesto outlined an ambition to halve the disability employment gap. Since being elected, the Government has begun a series of reforms intended to move them closer to achieving this ambition. This report presents findings from an in-depth analysis to outline the scale of the challenge facing the Government.

Read the report