Damian Green dismisses ‘offensive’ UN report on UK disability rights : The Guardian.
The work and pensions secretary, Damian Green, has dismissed the highly critical UN report that concluded that the UK government’s austerity policies “systematically violated” the rights of disabled people.
Green said the report was “patronising and offensive” and presented an outdated view of disability in the UK. He said Britain was “a world leader in disability rights and equality”.
But disability activists and charities welcomed the report, saying it accurately highlighted the real economic and social pressures faced by disabled people after years of harsh spending cuts to social security and social care.
The shadow work and pensions secretary, Debbie Abrahams, said the UN report was “crystal clear” in its identification of UK government failures. “It confirms that, despite Theresa May’s warm words, this government is failing sick and disabled people,” she said.
The UN committee said a range of measures introduced since 2010, including the bedroom tax and…
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Same Difference 
UK TORIES REIVIGOURATED BY TRUMPS VICTORY OF HATE AND DIVISION
HE PROMISED TO REPEAL OBAMA CARE THAT HAS SAVED SO MANY FROM DESTITUTION THROUGHCRIPPLING HEALTH CHARGES BEWARE UK
MAY WANTS MUCH THE SAME
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