It was announced at trade union yesterday that closing four employ factories will put 45,00 disabled Scots out of work. The factories that are looking to close down are in Aberdeen, Motherwell, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Current unemployed rate for disabled are at 11.2 per cent “Employers won’t employ disabled people – they are three times more likely to be unemployed.” Was said by Phil Brannan, chief shop steward for Remploy.

Glasgow has 14.9 disabled jobless compared with Midlothian with 13.7 per cent and Dundee has 13.6 per cent.