Evidence relating to disabled people’s poverty is stark. In Scotland, 41% of children living in poverty come from a household containing a disabled adult or child. It is clear then that meeting our child poverty targets will not be possible without addressing disabled people’s poverty. In addition, once the extra costs of disability are taken into account, nearly half of all those living in poverty in the UK are disabled people or live in a household someone who is disabled.
Our third Minimum Income Guarantee seminar focused on drawing a line under disabled people’s poverty with a MIG. This seminar explored how we can ensure the development of the MIG meets the need of disabled people, and identified the accompanying policy changes that would allow us to address disabled people’s higher risk of poverty.
You can read the seminar briefing in the window below, or download it from here.
3. Drawing a line under disabled people's poverty
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