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The 'UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' and the ‘Equality Act 2010’ are the core vehicles to protect vulnerable people’s rights in the face of the ConLib cuts. The Convention is ratified by the UK Parliament and has to be observed by the government of the day. The Equality Act 2010 at present (there is still bits to be amended by statutory order) contains powerful provisions for the promotion and installation of equality rights for persons with what they call ‘protected characteristics.’ These include for instance, race, gender, older persons, disability, etc. The Act is essentially a law to bring all the other laws relating to equality together under one roof (with some additions such as older people). So with regard to disability, it absorbs the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The definition of disability for all practical purposes remains the same: a person who has a physical or mental impairment, and the impairment has a subs

Definition: esqualisation is the making of a hooded statement which rationalises avoidance of equality law by equivocal and squalid words. For example:          “In line with its commitment to fairness and promoting social mobility, the Government         has looked closely at the impact of the Spending Review on different groups in society. In         particular, the Government has ensured that the potential impacts on the equality of men         and women, people from ethnic minorities and people with disabilities have been taken into         account as far as possible in decision making.         The majority of the decisions that have been made at this Spending Review concern         departmental budgets and not all the details of those departmental budgets have been set         out. As they are, all parts of Government will consider the impacts on groups covered by         equalities legislation. This means that it is not possible at this stage to quantify the full impact