Ending Poverty and Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled People in Glasgow beyond Covid-19

Brunner, R. and Glasgow DPO Network, (2022) Ending Poverty and Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled People in Glasgow beyond Covid-19. Documentation. Glasgow Disability Alliance and University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Abstract

The report is from the Disability Workstream of Glasgow City Council’s Social Recovery Task Force (SRTF), supported by a researcher from University of Glasgow’s Centre for Disability Research. It draws together evidence from Glasgow, Scotland, and the UK on the poverty drivers and employment barriers affecting disabled people. It demonstrates how poverty drivers and employment barriers intertwine: disabled people tend to have higher living costs and inadequate social security benefits, and experience both a disability pay gap and a disability employment gap. The report describes the range of policy levers available at UK, Scotland and Glasgow levels to address disabled peoples’ poverty and reduce Scotland’s Disability Employment Gap. Scotland has a policy to halve its Disability Employment Gap by 2038. As Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow is pivotal to making sure the target is achieved - including for disabled people furthest from the labour market.

• Item Type: Research Reports or Papers (Documentation)
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Brunner, Dr Richard
• Authors: Brunner, R., and Glasgow DPO Network,
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences
• Publisher: Glasgow Disability Alliance and University of Glasgow