DISABLED people in Britain are suffering even more now than they were when a damning report from the United Nations condemned the government for its treatment of them seven years ago.

The UN committee responsible for the Convention on the Rights of Disabled People met in Geneva today to take evidence from British disabled people’s organisations on the government’s response — or lack of it — to its original findings in 2016.

But a report released to coincide with the meeting, compiled by disabled people’s organisations, said the situation had worsened markedly, including through disabled people suffering debt, going hungry and being segregated from society.