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UK Government actions In September 2021, the UK Government announced significant new funding arrangements for health and social care; £5.4...
Government should: Develop a measurable action plan to improve the lives of disabled people across the UK. The Committee recommends...
Government should work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Improve and enforce legal accessibility standards across all areas of life,...
Government should: (a) Ratify and implement the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind,...
Government should: (a) Ensure there is sufficient housing (especially social housing), particularly for the most disadvantaged groups, including those on...
Government should: Provide local authorities with sufficient funds to reduce homelessness, particularly in England and Northern Ireland. Ensure there are...
Government should: in line with advice issued by the UN on the rights of rural women: (a) Take action to...
Government should: (a) Develop a strategy (in consultation with Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities) to address the challenges they face...
Government should: (a) Make laws and adequately fund steps to cut air pollution. (b) Make children’s rights the focus of...
There are persistent barriers affecting disabled people’s right to live independently as part of the community. The UK Government has...
Government should: (a) Introduce and fund a strategy to ensure children’s right to rest, leisure and recreation; (b) Make children’s...
Changes to the legal and policy framework are welcome in the areas of transport, housing and social care, and an...
UK Government actions In June 2021, the UK Government committed to raise the minimum age for people to marry in...
The UK Government has introduced some positive reforms in relation to family life, including action to tackle child marriage and...
UK Government actions: Between May and August 2022, the UK Government submitted several reports to the UN: its report for...
UK Government actions: In July 2022, the UK Government published a response to its consultation on raising accessibility standards for...
UK Government actions: In March 2022, the UK Government published the Online Safety Bill to establish a regulatory regime for...
Government should: (a) Ensure that all children, including younger children, disabled children and children in care, can have a say...
Government should: (a) Fund disabled people's organisations and involve them in planning and implementing all laws affecting disabled people (including...
