Kate Green MP, Labour’s shadow minister for Disabled People, speaking in response to newly published figures on the performance of the government’s Work Programme, said:

“Fewer than one in ten disabled people on the Work Programme have found a job. This shows the Tories’ Work Programme is failing people who want to find a job and earn a living.”

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Notes to editors:

1.       Nine per cent of disabled people on the Work Programme have found a job. More: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/work-programme-statistics–2