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Disabled people pay the price of the political crisis in Northern Ireland 
Political squabbles over the Protocol or Windsor Framework should not take precedence over the rights of disabled people, whose lives are suffering amid austerity and political neglect, says ELLEN CLIFFORD
Stalemate at Stormont has left disabled people without support

NORTHERN IRELAND remains in the midst of a severe political, economic and public finance crisis driven by the ongoing neglect of the Conservative government which continues to fail in its obligations as co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement.  

Northern Ireland is currently experiencing austerity on overdrive. The Conservative government has failed to adequately fund public services in Northern Ireland resulting in a shortfall of £0.8 billion.  

As a result, unelected civil servants are progressing an extreme cuts programme which is shredding public services at an alarming rate with a severe and disproportionate impact on disabled people. 

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