Are disabled people second class citizens in modern Britain Despite severe criticisms from the United Nations the UK Government has continued to reject claims that its austerity policies have targeted disabled people. In this authoritative book Stef Benstead explores these competing claims against the background of the development of the welfare state the campaign for disability rights and the economics of austerity.Peter Beresford Professor of Citizen Participation at the University of Essex and CoChair of Shaping Our Lives ampampldquoSecond Class Citizensampampnbspprovides the definitive verdict on government welfare reform the UKampamprsquos shame. Itampamprsquos a policy against the evidence against human rights and most of all against disabled people.