Global Disability Summit: Mordaunt retreats from UK’s ‘global leader on rights’ claims
The international development secretary, Penny Mordaunt, has been forced to retreat from her government’s repeated…
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Global Disability Summit: Anger over Mordaunt’s bid to redefine inclusive education
International development secretary Penny Mordaunt has been labelled a hypocrite and an embarrassment after attempting…
Global Disability Summit: DPOs from global south call for new beginning
Disabled people and their organisations from the global south have called for a “new beginning”…
Global Disability Summit: Disabled activist praised for highlighting government attacks
A leading disabled activist has exposed the UK’s record on disability rights in front of…
Global Disability Summit: McDonnell says government hosting summit is ‘height of hypocrisy’
Labour’s shadow chancellor has described the UK government’s decision to co-host a Global Disability Summit…
Rival international summit aims to highlight government’s ‘global hypocrisy’
Disabled activists and their organisations are to host their own international “solidarity summit” in a…
Watchdog’s barrister calls for legal right to independent living
Legal advice commissioned by the equality and human rights watchdog has called for disabled people…
Minister for disabled people caught misleading MPs on cuts to support… again
The minister for disabled people has been caught misleading MPs – again – as she…
Young woman evicted from care home while critically ill in hospital
A young disabled woman was told that she had been evicted from her residential home…
TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Government ‘has created hostile environment for disabled people’
The government has created a “hostile environment” for disabled people just as it has for…