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date: 2026-04-26 12:36
title: Nearly half of everyone in poverty is either a disabled person or lives with a disabled person
link: https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2020/february/nearly-half-everyone-poverty-either-disabled-person-or-lives-disabled-person
cited: Disability Rights UK
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> Four million people with disabilities in the UK are living in poverty. In total, seven million people in poverty are either a disabled person or live with a disabled person - nearly half of everyone in poverty, highlights a new Joseph Rowntree (JRF) research report