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The UK government has been accused of showing contempt for disabled people after it refused to give evidence on its progress since being found guilty of “grave and systematic” violations of the UN’s disability convention seven years ago. The government has told […]
The government is ignoring a call from disabled human rights experts from the UN to assess the overall impact of cuts and reforms to disabled people’s support, six years after being told to do so in a ground-breaking report. The UN […]
The new minister for disabled people has been ridiculed for claiming the government has a record of providing “global leadership on disability inclusion”, six years after it was found guilty of “grave” and “systematic” violations of the UN disability convention. Tom […]
Disabled activists have pledged to push for changes to the government’s new draft mental health bill because it is set to retain “fundamental human rights breaches”. Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid this week published the draft bill, which he […]
The government has “paused” some of its disability policies after being told by a court in January that its National Disability Strategy was unlawful. In a letter sent out to stakeholders this week, and in a statement to parliament, the minister […]
The minister for disabled people and a senior civil servant have defended the use of misleading figures about the government’s performance on disability employment at a United Nations event in New York. They made the comments yesterday (Wednesday) at an event […]
A “significant amount of progress” still needs to be made on implementing the UN disability convention in Wales, according to a new report co-produced by disabled people. Disability Wales has been working with disabled people across Wales on the “shadow report”, […]
There has been “continued regression” in disabled people’s rights in the five years since a UN committee told the UK government that its cuts and reforms had caused a “human catastrophe”, according to a new report by disabled people’s organisations (DPOs). […]
Progress on disability rights in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland has stalled in many areas in the last five years, and in some parts has even regressed, according to reports by national disabled people’s organisations (DPOs). The three DPOs told a […]
The government has been accused of publishing a “laughable” and unevidenced report that was supposed to provide an update on its progress since being accused in 2016 of “grave and systematic” violations of the UN disability convention. The 10,500-word report by […]