ANDREW MURRAY surveys a quaking continent whose leaders have no idea how to respond to an openly contemptuous United States
Don’t let the government paint itself as a champion of disabled rights – it’s anything but

Disabled People Against Cuts — one of the founder members of Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance — is organising to highlight the utter and total hypocricy of ex-Tory minister for disabled people and now International Development Minister Penny Mordaunt hosting a global disability summit in London this week.
This summit is co-hosted by the British government and Kenya.
DPAC is strongly in favour of international support that improves the lives of deaf and disabled people across the world and welcomes co-operation between states that lead to stronger human rights laws and protections.
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