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London's new mayor has announced a significant increase in investment in making stations on the capital's largely-inaccessible tube network step-free. At present, only 70 of 270 stations on the London…

The Scottish government has described the 93 actions it believes will help Scotland meet its obligations under the UN disability convention, and address some of the harm caused to disabled…

Leading disabled actors have accused drama schools of not doing enough to recruit disabled students, and of hiding behind a "contrived" excuse for their failure to do so. Research by…

Campaigners are set to take legal action against the government over its failure to provide an accessible service for disabled passengers across part of England’s rail network. The Association of…

A local authority has been heavily criticised for introducing new ways of consulting on disability issues that will exclude most disabled people from taking part. East Riding of Yorkshire Council…

Some bus companies are taking advantage of a loophole that means they can avoid their legal obligations to ensure their buses are accessible to disabled people, the industry’s own trade…

Football’s Premier League will break a pledge that all of its stadiums would be accessible to disabled football fans by next August, despite its clubs spending more than a billion…

A new user-led project will help disabled people in London use the law to fight for their independent living rights, and combat the discrimination they face from providers of goods…

She joined Hannah Cockroft on her lap of honour after finishing seventh behind Britain’s double gold medallist in the T34 200 metres in London 2012. But four years on, Mel…

The government could have saved nearly £48 billion in social care costs over five years if it had funded all the work needed to make disabled people’s homes more accessible,…