Disabled people say welfare system is why they can't get back to work
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Disabled people say welfare system is why they can't get back to work
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"Disabled people who want to work say they can't because of a chronically underfunded welfare system and lack of reasonable adjustments made in the workplace. The author of a major review on how to keep people in work warned on Wednesday that the UK is sliding into an avoidable crisis amid an enormous cost to employers from ill health among workers."
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