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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aamna Mohdin

One in five unpaid carers in England and Wales ‘do not have access to a vehicle’

Silhouetted man pushing a person in a wheelchair along a seafront as the sun sets.
The data also shows that in some London boroughs the figure is closer to one in three. Photograph: Pixel Youth movement/Alamy

About one in five households with an unpaid carer for someone who is disabled or in bad health across England and Wales have no access to a private vehicle, new analysis shows.

The findings show that nearly half a million households across England and Wales (486,341) that include someone disabled or in bad health did not have a car or truck at the time of the 2021 census.

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