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THE British government has made “no significant progress” in addressing the grave and systematic violations of deaf and disabled people’s rights that the United Nations highlighted more than seven years ago.
In a report by the UN committee on the rights of disabled people, areas of further regression and several issues of “deep concern” were found.
It said: “The committee finds that the state party has failed to take all appropriate measures to address grave and systematic violations of the human rights of persons with disabilities and has failed to eliminate the root causes of inequality and discrimination.”
Plans to delay access to the universal credit health element until age 22 have triggered fierce opposition from disabled people’s groups, who warn it would deepen poverty and entrench discrimination against young disabled people under the guise of ‘encouraging work.’ DYLAN MURPHY reports
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
