‘Delusional or dishonest’

The UN has slammed the government on it’s cuts to welfare and care for people with disabilities. Unite national officer Harish Patel responds.

“For the last six years they [people with disabilities] have been living under a government which has systematically eroded their independence, care and dignity through savage and sweeping attacks on public services and welfare.

“Despite the deplorable treatment of disabled people in Britain now garnering international attention, the Tories are refusing to acknowledge the evidence and are even claiming they’re “proud” of their achievements.

“This government is either delusional or dishonest. Either way it is clear they are willfully ignoring a national shame of their own making.”

Harish Patel, Unite national officer