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Government cuts and their consequences are all about us, but are they legitimate and, indeed, legal? Responding to my local Norfolk County Council's consequent cuts proposals, I thought a juxtaposition of their proposal to raise their Fair Access to Services eligibility criteria from 'substantial' to 'critical' with the United Nations convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities might be useful. I found I there is no comparison of the 'critical' or 'substantial' criteria close enough to work. So I came down to the 'moderate' criteria and the juxtaposition arrived at is reproduced below. The 'Fair Access to Services' moderate criteria are in blue and the relevant UN Convention quotes in grey. Eligibility Criteria: Moderate there is, or will be, an inability to carry out several personal care or domestic routines; UN Convention, Article 19: States Parties to this Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with disabi