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Disabled people’s organisations who travelled to Geneva this week to help highlight the government’s continuing human rights violations have praised a UN committee of disabled experts for publicly exposing the UK’s failings. Civil servants from eight UK government departments, and the […]
The government has agreed to “reflect” on its failure to engage with disabled people and their organisations, after facing public criticism from a UN committee of disabled human rights experts. A delegation of civil servants from across the UK government listened […]
The government has been criticised over its commitment to independent living by a disabled member of the UN committee investigating the UK’s record on disability rights. The criticism came during a public examination in Geneva of the UK’s record in implementing […]
The UK government has faced repeated, damning criticism from a UN committee of disabled human rights experts over its treatment of people in secure mental health settings. The criticism came during a two-day public examination in Geneva of the UK’s record […]
The UK’s equality and human rights bodies have attacked the government’s failure to protect disabled people’s rights. The assault came during a public examination in Geneva of the UK’s record in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with […]
The government has been accused of “sending out mixed messages” on independent living, after it emerged that it wants to charge VAT on the payroll services provided to disabled people who receive direct payments for their social care. Cheshire Centre for […]
Fresh concerns have been raised about the integrity of the disability benefits system, after a disabled woman’s appeal against having her benefits removed was rejected before she was even told her claim had been turned down. The Department for Work and […]
Senior disabled figures in the Liberal Democrats have spoken of their frustration that the party is not set to debate key issues of concern to disabled people at its annual conference next month. Disability News Service (DNS) contacted key disabled party […]
Disabled campaigners say they are encouraged by a new public statement from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which describes how it will prosecute disability hate crime. The statement was one of a series published by CPS that cover the different strands […]
Mental health service-users are planning a day-long musical celebration of the life of one of the survivor movement’s best-known – and best-loved – activists. The 12-hour gig at a venue in south-east London will feature “a cornucopia of punk and rock […]