Government cuts have caused ‘human catastrophe’ for disabled, UN committee says

‘Government welfare cuts have created a “human catastrophe” for disabled people in the UK, the chairwoman of an influential United Nations committee has said.
Theresia Degener, who leads the UN’s Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), said the UK Government has “totally neglected” disabled people.
Ministers are also accused of misleading the public about the impact of Government policies by refusing to answer questions and using statistics in an unclear way.
The criticism came after the CRPD spent two days grilling UK government officials in Geneva.
Ms Degener told them: “Evidence before us now and in our inquiry procedure as published in our 2016 report reveals that social cut policies have led to a human catastrophe in your country, totally neglecting the vulnerable situation people with disabilities find themselves in.”‘
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