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flag Northern Ireland launches JobStart to boost disabled people's employment amid high economic inactivity.

flag Communities Minister Gordon Lyons is launching a new Disability and Work Strategy in Northern Ireland, unveiling the JobStart programme as the region’s largest initiative to boost employment among disabled people and benefit claimants. flag With 26% of working-age residents economically inactive—nearly 40% due to ill-health or disability—the plan aims to tackle Northern Ireland’s low disability employment rate of 41.3%, the worst in the UK. flag The strategy focuses on removing barriers to work, offering expanded support for jobseekers and employers, and building on past successful incentive schemes to create inclusive, lasting change in the labour market.

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