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The Guardian view on disability rights: the removal of legal safeguards brings risks | Editorial

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Charities are right to be concerned about the supreme court’s decision to lessen oversight of care settingsThe UK supreme court has ended a system of safeguards around the human rights of disabled people that has been in place for over a decade, in its recent ruling on a legal question brought to it by the attorney general of Northern Ireland. In doing so, the judges have alarmed charities and disability advocates and pushed a little-discussed aspect of social care regulation into the spotlight.

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