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A coalition of disabled people and allies who were “fed up” with years of failed attempts to produce change in social care have united around a new “road map” that lays out a path to a right to independent living in […]
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has backed calls to incorporate the UN disability convention into law and to introduce a right to independent living for disabled people… but only in Wales. Her party has long resisted both policies, and today (Thursday) the […]
All but one of the largest parties fighting for seats in Senedd elections next month have pledged to incorporate the UN disability convention into Welsh law, with just Reform UK refusing to back the major step forward for disability rights in […]
A disabled peer has used a debate celebrating International Women’s Day to highlight how a disabled woman was placed in a nursing home against her will after treatment for pneumonia, rather than being returned to her own home. Baroness [Jane] Campbell […]
The government’s long-awaited reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system are a missed opportunity to dismantle the barriers that continue to drive disabled young people out of mainstream schools, say inclusive education campaigners. The reforms were laid out […]
The Scottish and UK governments are both failing to uphold the rights of disabled people in key areas, according to an annual report by Scotland’s human rights watchdog. Two of the 10 areas of “urgent concern” highlighted by the Scottish Human […]
The national body for disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) in Wales has issued five major demands to political parties ahead of next spring’s elections to the Welsh Senedd. The Disabled People’s Manifesto, published by Disability Wales, includes a call for the UN […]
Disabled experts from the United Nations have told the UK government to carry out a “comprehensive” assessment of the human rights impact of its universal credit cuts bill, further plans to reform disability benefits, and its mental health reforms. The UN’s […]
UN human rights experts have told the UK government they are “dismayed” at the actions of its ministers and what appear to be “discriminatory and unjustified” reforms to disability benefits. It is the third letter from UN human rights experts in […]
UN experts are still planning to deliver findings on Labour’s attacks on disabled people’s rights, even though a public examination of the UK government had to be abandoned because of a funding crisis fuelled by US president Donald Trump. The committee […]