Making our human rights real means having our rights in law. The UK Government, including Scotland, is signed up to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. The convention sets out what state parties (like Government and local authorities) are supposed to do, but because these rights are not part of… Continue Reading Incorporation of United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) into Scots Law
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Basic Income (BI) is the idea that the state should give a regular cash payment to people on an individual basis, without means-testing or making them look for work. It has become something of a hot topic within civil society across the UK, and particularly in Scotland where it is gathering increasing levels of political… Continue Reading Basic Income and Disabled People