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The government should meet one of its obligations under the UN disability convention by introducing a legal right to independent living, according to a committee of MPs and peers. The joint committee on human rights said it was “disappointed” that the […]
The treatment of people with learning difficulties should be “significantly improved” right across the criminal justice system, from arrest to sentencing, according to a new report. The report concludes that the needs of offenders with learning difficulties are going unnoticed when […]
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The human rights watchdog has admitted that it is not in favour of a fully inclusive education system, a position that defies a key part of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Equality and Human Rights […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has given a guarded welcome to new figures that show a sharp fall in the proportion of disabled people who are turned down for out-of-work disability benefits. A second DWP report released on the […]
A government plan to replace its high-level committee of disabled advisors with three new advice bodies has been described by a veteran disabled activist as “unwieldy, complicated and probably inaccessible to grassroots disabled people’s organisations”. The government this week published details […]
New fears have been raised about the continuing failure of the criminal justice system to respond to disability hate crime, after a police force and prosecutors came to opposite conclusions about the same case. Craig Kinsella was kept as a slave […]
Doubts have been raised over the ability of the police complaints watchdog to carry out a proper investigation into the circumstances surrounding the brutal murder of a disabled man. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has so far refused to say […]
A disabled couple are challenging their council’s decision that their disability benefits must be taken into account when deciding the level of housing benefit they receive, in the latest legal challenge around the government’s controversial “bedroom tax”. Lawyers have been granted […]
Three disabled teenagers are among the seven skiers who will compete for Britain in the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, in March. ParalympicsGB announced the names of the alpine ski-ing team – as well as three “competition partners” who will compete […]