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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have come together to tell a UN committee the different ways in which the UK government has been breaching the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). The meeting in Geneva took place just […]
The UK government will not be able to achieve its aim of halving the disability employment gap because of its failure to address the “crucial” issue of independent living, according to a national disabled people’s organisation. In its response to the […]
A crucial report submitted to the United Nations by three national disabled people’s organisations has been criticised for failing to speak out strongly enough on the links between the UK government’s welfare reforms and the deaths of benefit claimants. The “shadow […]
The ruling Labour government in Wales has been accused of “selling disabled people down the river”, after deciding that local authorities will be handed all financial responsibility for supporting former recipients of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). The Welsh government has […]
Two groups have been chosen to set up new centres for independent living (CIL) in Wales, doubling the number of CILs in the country. The new centres will be located in Ceredigion, in the west of the country, and Flintshire, in […]
Disabled people in Wales will have a chance this week to provide crucial testimony on whether their human rights are being protected, for a report that will be sent to the United Nations (UN). The forum in Llanelli on Thursday (13 […]
Disabled people’s organisations and grassroots groups are set to call on disabled people across England to provide the evidence they need to prepare a “hard-hitting” report on the government’s failure to implement the UN disability convention. The Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance […]
A pioneering programme backed by £5 million of lottery cash has issued a call for user-led teams across the UK to apply for funding to research new ways to remove the barriers to independent living faced by disabled people. The Disability […]
The national, user-led organisation representing disabled people in Wales could be forced to close in less than four months’ time, after the Welsh government refused its latest funding application. Disability Wales (DW) is set to lose more than two-thirds of its […]
Disabled people in Wales are calling on the next Welsh government to introduce a legal right to independent living, as one of five major “calls to action” in a new manifesto. The Disabled People’s Manifesto has been produced by Disability Wales, […]