Proposals to abolish the Work Capability Assessment
An overview of proposals to abolish the Work Capability Assessment first announced in March 2023

Data on unemployment in the UK.
Unemployment - National: Key Economic Indicators (77 KB , PDF)
There were 1.46 million unemployed people in the UK in May to July 2023, an increase of 159,000 from the previous quarter and an increase of 240,000 from the previous year.
The unemployment rate was 4.3% (the percentage of the economically active population who are unemployed), up from 3.8% in the previous quarter and up from 3.6% from a year before.
The unemployment rate for men was 4.7% and the unemployment rate was 3.8% for women.
526,000 young people aged 16-24 were unemployed, an increase of 62,000 from the previous quarter and an increase of 154,000 from the year before.
The unemployment rate for 16 24 year olds was 12.7%, an increase from 10.9% a year before.
Unemployment - National: Key Economic Indicators (77 KB , PDF)
An overview of proposals to abolish the Work Capability Assessment first announced in March 2023
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