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Omission of disabled people from key parts of climate change text is ‘beyond disgraceful’

By John Pring on 18th November 2021 Category: Human Rights

Omission of disabled people from key parts of climate change text is ‘beyond disgraceful’
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Disabled climate activists say the failure of the UK and other governments to include disabled people in key parts of the Glasgow climate change agreement is “beyond disgraceful”. Despite campaigners repeatedly highlighting through the COP26 conference how climate change was having […]

Multiple access failures at COP26 ‘send shocking message’ to disabled people

By John Pring on 4th November 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Multiple access failures at COP26 ‘send shocking message’ to disabled people
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Disabled campaigners have raised serious concerns about the UK government’s multiple failures to ensure the accessibility of the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. The first concerns came after high-profile complaints made by the Israeli energy minister, Karine Elharrar, a wheelchair-user, […]

Disabled people urged to provide evidence for UN on government’s record on rights

By John Pring on 21st October 2021 Category: Human Rights

Disabled people urged to provide evidence for UN on government’s record on rights
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have launched a fresh bid to hold the government to account over its implementation of the UN disability convention, four years after their previous efforts helped lead to ministers being accused of causing a “human catastrophe”. A […]

Scotland could be set for ‘ground-breaking’ move on UN convention

By John Pring on 18th March 2021 Category: Human Rights

Scotland could be set for ‘ground-breaking’ move on UN convention
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Disabled people in Scotland could be set for “ground-breaking” improvements to the “protection, progression, and promotion” of their human rights, after their government pledged to incorporate the UN disability convention into Scottish law.  The promise came as the Scottish government accepted […]

Minister told by human rights experts to end unacceptable education opt-out

By John Pring on 26th November 2020 Category: Education

Minister told by human rights experts to end unacceptable education opt-out
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A minister has been told by a former member of the UN’s disability rights committee that the government must end its unacceptable opt-out from the duty to ensure inclusive education for disabled children under the UN disability convention. The demand from […]

Third report in a month raises fresh concerns over SEND system

By John Pring on 10th October 2019 Category: Education

Third report in a month raises fresh concerns over SEND system
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An ombudsman has added to increasing concerns about the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system in England after revealing that it has been upholding an “exceptional and unprecedented” number of complaints. The new report by the Local Government and Social […]

Tory conference: Disabled activists shame Tories on cost of ‘heartless’ austerity

By John Pring on 3rd October 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Tory conference: Disabled activists shame Tories on cost of ‘heartless’ austerity
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Disabled activists have protested outside the Conservative conference in Manchester in a bid to shame party members into accepting that a decade of austerity cuts from Tory-led governments have caused poverty, despair and countless deaths.  Protesters spoke of how the cuts […]

Tory conference: Leading disabled Tory ‘wouldn’t give UN the time of day’

By John Pring on 3rd October 2019 Category: Politics

Tory conference: Leading disabled Tory ‘wouldn’t give UN the time of day’
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A leading disabled Tory has defended his government’s disability policies, dismissing three highly critical reports by the UN and concerns about the impact of Brexit on social care, rights and access to medication. Barry Ginley, deputy chair of the Conservative Disability […]

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 […]

Minister condemned for ‘woeful’ response to residential special school review

By John Pring on 23rd August 2018 Category: Education

Minister condemned for ‘woeful’ response to residential special school review
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Inclusive education campaigners have condemned the government’s “woeful” response to a review of the experiences of disabled children and young people in residential special schools. The Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) said the government had again failed to take action that […]

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