This week, there has been a lot of media interest in the report we presented to the UN committee on disabled people's rights as well as our view on the Work and Pensions select committee report on disability employment.
Disability costs must be covered before applying £30 ESA cut say MPs
Commenting on the Work and Pensions select committee report on disability employment, Liz Sayce, CEO of Disability Rights UK, said: ‘The select committee is right to highlight the forthcoming cuts to Employment Support Allowance as wrong in principle and ineffective in practice. We’re not aware of one single disability employment or benefits expert who thinks this particular cut will be an incentive for disabled people to get a job. Read more
DR UK in the media on this item
Cruel Tory disability benefit cuts could push people into poverty – Mirror
Cut to disability benefits may make return to work harder, claim MPs - Guardian
Disabled claimants may not meet costs with cut in unemployment benefit, warn MPs - Yahoo
Sue Bott on the Victoria Derbyshire show - Item starts at 1.16.12
MPs express concerns over new disabled payments – able2UK
The Tories have decided to 'incentivise' disabled people – by trying to cut their desperately needed benefits again - Independent
Disabled people tell UN committee that UK is failing on international rights convention
Successive British governments and other public bodies are failing to fulfil pledges they signed up to under a major international disability rights convention, campaigners have told a United Nations (UN) committee. Find out more
DR UK in the media on this item
The UK is about to be investigated by the UN for its shameful treatment of disabled people – but does the Government care? - Independent
UK is not moving quickly enough towards equality for disabled people - Express