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Disability employment gap highest in Wales, Senedd committee warns
The sign for the Senedd, the Welsh parliament building in Cardiff

THE disability employment gap — the difference in employment rates between disabled and non-disabled people — is consistently higher in Wales, a Senedd committee has found.

The equality and social justice committee’s new report, Anything is Achievable with the Right Support, makes recommendations to the Welsh government on how to address it.

These include requirements for local government to increase the number of disabled people in their workforces.

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