The critique of the government as contained in the report of the United Nations committee on the rights of persons with disabilities (UN report scathing of disability rights in UK, 1 September), makes for salutary reading. However, it should not hide the most salient of points, ie the continual failure of the Labour party front bench, and indeed of Labour MPs, to ensure that all governmental legislation is closely scrutinised by utilising equality, disability and human rights statutes already in place. The legal challenges to the government from a variety of disability groups would not be required if all governmental legislation was being monitored through the lens of equality.
Steve Higginson
Unite the Union
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