Disability: Time To Act

The issue of disability benefits has been all over the news following George Osborne's March Budget. It led to much debate, both within Parliament and in the press, and to a particularly high profile resignation.

To make things worse for the Government, on 24 March 2016, a House of Lords committee published a scathing report on the treatment of disabled people. The report by the Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee found that the Government has failed in its obligations under the Equality Act 2010 (the Act) to the 11 million disabled people living in Britain.

The committee noted that the Government bears the ultimate responsibility for enabling disabled people to participate in society on equal terms, but has failed to put in place or maintain appropriate safeguards to protect some of the more vulnerable people in our society.