Government excluding disabled people from its planned human rights review, campaigners say
Disability campaigners stage a protest at London Bridge station in the row over access to Govia Thameslink Railway services, in May 2018
THE government has been accused of excluding disabled people from its review of planned reforms to human rights law.
Ministers are currently consulting groups on plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights, a move widely condemned by opposition MPs and rights groups.
The consultation, which opened on December 14, is due to close on March 8.
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