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Number of disabled people unable to work rises by 260,000 in a year
Campaigners urge Labour to invest in NHS to tackle rising levels of long-term illness
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London

BRITAIN is getting sicker. New figures today showed the number of disabled people unable to work rose by 260,000 in a year.

Disability campaigners and Unison urged Labour to invest in the NHS to tackle rising levels of long-term illness after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) revealed rates of economic inactivity are increasing among disabled people.

The figures showed that overall, the number of disabled people in employment grew, but an increase in the number of working-age disabled people meant a rise in the disability economic inactivity rate.

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