UK reforms,- grave violations of disability rights - United Nations
UK welfare reforms have led to "grave and systematic violations" of disabled people's rights, a UN inquiry has said.
11 Nov 2016
UK welfare reforms have led to "grave and systematic violations" of disabled people's rights, a UN inquiry has said.
The scheme that assesses claimants of disability benefits faces a major overhaul, with ministers promising to extend a "revolution" of getting more people into work.
The Liberal Democrats have today published the interim report by the independent panel of health experts commissioned by Norman Lamb to set out a new deal for Britain's Health and Social Care Services.
Here s Norman Lamb's speech from this afternoon's health debate:
Responding to one of Theresa May's first intereactions of the campaign with a real voter, in which was confronted by a woman in Abingdon over cuts to disability benefits, Liberal Democrat Leader Tim Farron said:
A woman who lost her job at a Belfast advice centre has been awarded £18,886 in damages, after being discriminated against. A tribunal found Maria McKeith's dismissal from the Ardoyne Association was linked to her role as primary carer for her disabled daughter.