04 January 2023

People with disabilities more likely to struggle this winter, says poverty group

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<h2>People with disabilities more likely to struggle this winter, says poverty group</h2>

<p>Problems for disabled people heating their homes and cutting back on food are highlighted in a new report from the Resolution Foundation.

<p>In the report ,Costly differences, two in five disabled people say they are unable to heat their homes this winter and almost a third are cutting back on food spending.


<p>The report combined statistical analysis with a new YouGov survey of just under 8,000 working-age adults, over 2,000 of whom reported a long-term illness or disability.

<p>It says people with a disability are far more likely to be poor than the rest of the population.

<p>One-in-three adults in the lowest household income decile have a disability, compared to fewer than one-in-ten adults in the highest household income decile.

<p>The income gap also means that the disabled population is at a heightened risk of experiencing material deprivation and unable to afford everyday essentials.

<p>Charlie McCurdy, economist at the Resolution Foundation, an independent think tank aimed at improving living standards for people on low to middle incomes, said: ‘More policy work is needed, not just through this crisis, but to make more progress on closing the huge income gaps that already existed between disabled people and the rest of the population.’

 

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