THE British government has made “no significant progress” in addressing the grave and systematic violations of deaf and disabled people’s rights that the United Nations highlighted more than seven years ago.

In a report by the UN committee on the rights of disabled people, areas of further regression and several issues of “deep concern” were found.

It said: “The committee finds that the state party has failed to take all appropriate measures to address grave and systematic violations of the human rights of persons with disabilities and has failed to eliminate the root causes of inequality and discrimination.”