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New Survey Into Impact of Austerity
13 November 2019
A new survey about the impact of austerity on disabled people hopes to publish its results before the General Election takes place on December 12th and will be used as the basis for a look into the future of disability rights in Britain and a call for improvements. The Public Interest Research Centre and Disabled People Against Cuts are hoping for a quick response to the survey.
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Lack Of Action On Rights Disappoints EHRC
17 October 2018
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has said it is ‘disappointed’ by the UK Government’s failure to improve disability rights following damning assessments from the United Nations. A report by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities gave details of the Government’s failures to protect disabled people’s rights across many areas of life in the UK in August 2017. They were asked to report back on progress on a number of areas one year on.
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Global Disability Summit held in London
31 July 2018
The UK Government has hosted its first ever Global Disability Summit, with more than 700 people taking part. Those involved were asked to sign a Charter For Change to help improve disabled people’s rights worldwide.
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National Disabled People’s Summit
17 October 2017
As part of a campaign to co-ordinate resistance against Government austerity policies this national summit will take place at the NUT headquarters, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, Kings Cross, London WC1H 9BD on Saturday November 4 from 11am-4.30pm.
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The Way Out : The Disabled Avant-Garde
15 December 2016
Can art and irony achieve what mainstream politics never has and give the disability movement its own revolution?
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