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Government accused of ‘violating of disabled people’s human rights’ after failing to act on UN recommendations seven years ago
A person in a wheelchair, as a human rights watchdog has criticised the government's ‘slow progress’ in efforts to improve the lives of disabled people across Britain

THE government has been accused of “acute violations of disabled people’s human rights” after failing to act on United Nations recommendations made seven years ago.

Disabled people are living in deeper poverty and are increasingly driven to use foodbanks as a result, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report published today finds.

In 2016 the UN disability committee exposed the shocking plight of disabled people in the UK. 

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