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Watchdogs’ concern over government refusal to act on UN rights reports

By John Pring on 11th October 2018 Category: Human Rights

Watchdogs’ concern over government refusal to act on UN rights reports
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Four equality and human rights watchdogs have heavily criticised the government for its failure to address the serious concerns raised in a “damning” UN report on the rights of disabled people across the UK. A year on from the report by […]

Government’s response to ‘human catastrophe’ UN report is ‘deeply unsatisfying’

By John Pring on 13th September 2018 Category: Human Rights

Government’s response to ‘human catastrophe’ UN report is ‘deeply unsatisfying’
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The government has been accused of publishing a “deeply unsatisfying” response to a devastating report by a UN committee that concluded last year that the UK had been “going backwards” on independent living. One disabled people’s organisation (DPO) said the government […]

Anger over government’s ‘pathetic’ election access report

By John Pring on 6th September 2018 Category: Independent Living

Anger over government’s ‘pathetic’ election access report
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The government’s response to a consultation on how to make voting more accessible to disabled people has sparked anger among disabled campaigners, after it failed to offer a single new measure to improve access. One disabled campaigner branded the government’s report […]

Minister snubs DPOs – and ‘breaches UN convention’ – by refusing meeting

By John Pring on 23rd August 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Minister snubs DPOs – and ‘breaches UN convention’ – by refusing meeting
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The minister for disabled people is refusing to meet a coalition of disabled people’s organisations, in an apparent breach of the UN disability convention. The coalition wrote to Sarah Newton yesterday (Wednesday) to express its “deep disappointment and concern” about her […]

Global Disability Summit: Mordaunt retreats from UK’s ‘global leader on rights’ claims

By John Pring on 26th July 2018 Category: Politics

Global Disability Summit: Mordaunt retreats from UK’s ‘global leader on rights’ claims
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The international development secretary, Penny Mordaunt, has been forced to retreat from her government’s repeated claims that the UK is a “global leader in disability rights”. Her government has faced anger from the UK disabled people’s movement at its decision to […]

Global Disability Summit: Anger over Mordaunt’s bid to redefine inclusive education

By John Pring on 26th July 2018 Category: Education

Global Disability Summit: Anger over Mordaunt’s bid to redefine inclusive education
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International development secretary Penny Mordaunt has been labelled a hypocrite and an embarrassment after attempting to redefine inclusive education at the international disability summit she was hosting in east London. Penny Mordaunt’s government was already facing criticism from across the UK […]

Global Disability Summit: Disability Rights UK ‘betrayed movement’ with speech

By John Pring on 26th July 2018 Category: Human Rights

Global Disability Summit: Disability Rights UK ‘betrayed movement’ with speech
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A national disabled people’s organisation is facing accusations that it “betrayed” the UK disability movement after its deputy chief executive failed to condemn the government’s record on rights at a major international gathering of disabled people. Sue Bott was sharing the […]

Global Disability Summit: DPAC’s protest festival highlights government hypocrisy

By John Pring on 26th July 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Global Disability Summit: DPAC’s protest festival highlights government hypocrisy
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Disabled activists have held a “festival of resistance” outside an international disability rights event to highlight the “hypocrisy” of it being co-hosted by the UK government. Members of Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) and allies were outside the Here East centre […]

Global Disability Summit: DPOs from global south call for new beginning

By John Pring on 26th July 2018 Category: Human Rights

Global Disability Summit: DPOs from global south call for new beginning
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Disabled people and their organisations from the global south have called for a “new beginning” in the way that the UN disability convention is implemented and monitored. They were speaking at the Global Disability Summit, a major international disability rights conference […]

Global Disability Summit: McDonnell says government hosting summit is ‘height of hypocrisy’

By John Pring on 26th July 2018 Category: Politics

Global Disability Summit: McDonnell says government hosting summit is ‘height of hypocrisy’
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Labour’s shadow chancellor has described the UK government’s decision to co-host a Global Disability Summit – less than a year after its record on disability rights was dismantled by the United Nations – as “the height of hypocrisy”. John McDonnell, a […]

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