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The minister for disabled people has been heavily criticised for failing to ensure that his constituency office is accessible to disabled people, after Disability News Service (DNS) confirmed that a…

Tens of thousands of disabled children could benefit from a change in the law that now allows under-17s to use more advanced powered wheelchairs, campaigners claim. The amendment to existing…

Two major cultural institutions in Manchester have been criticised for “designing out disabled people” by removing all of their on-site blue badge parking spaces during multi-million pound renovation programmes. Manchester…

The mobile computing revolution is helping to make disabled people more “appealing” to potential employers, as well as to providers of goods and services, according to a leading disabled telecommunications…

A council has been criticised over plans to remove a concession that offered free parking at work for disabled members of staff with blue badges. Newcastle City Council wants to…

A new “charter for change” that aims to boost the number of disabled people taking part in sport and physical activity has been launched at the House of Commons. The…

Four disabled peers have called on the hotel industry to do far more to improve access for their customers. The debate in the House of Lords heard from the disabled…

A disabled campaigner has won backing from the equality watchdog to continue his legal battle to protect the rights of wheelchair-users to travel on buses. The Equality and Human Rights…

Premier League football clubs would be guilty of a “scandalous” failure if they do not use some of a multi-billion pound TV rights windfall to improve access at their grounds,…

Disabled campaigners have criticised a council’s refusal to ban all advertising boards from blocking its city’s pavements. City of York Council’s cabinet decided this week to introduce only a partial…