The equality watchdog has warned the government not to breach its international human rights obligations to disabled people when deciding how to cut public spending.
Mike Smith, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) disability committee, and an EHRC commissioner, spoke out on the first anniversary of Britain’s ratification of the UN Convention on [...]
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A leading disabled people’s organisation is hoping that its annual awards will spread the message that spending money on disability equality is a good use of public resources in tough economic times.
Liz Sayce, chief executive of RADAR, was speaking at the launch of the charity’s 44th annual People of the Year awards.
Sayce said that investing [...]