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A disabled peer has won a major parliamentary victory after defeating government plans to restrict the remit of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The government wants to remove…

A family who say they were discriminated against during a theme park holiday are hoping their legal case will strengthen the rights of other disabled people to demand “reasonable adjustments”…

Campaigners have asked the government why a major scheme to build a new platform at a busy rail station failed to include work to make the station accessible to disabled…

A disabled campaigner is hoping disabled people in the UK and around the world will use an annual day to celebrate the independence provided by their wheelchair. Steve Wilkinson launched…

A major new government report has painted the “most comprehensive overview” since 2005 of the disadvantage and barriers faced by disabled people in the UK. The 106-page report, Fulfilling Potential:…

A disabled medical student who was refused entry to a bar and then taunted by the manager, has secured compensation for discrimination. Mark Daniels, a wheelchair-user from Peckham, south London,…

The government’s adviser on the natural environment has pledged to drive forward work to remove the barriers preventing disabled people from enjoying England’s parks, nature reserves and other green spaces.…

MPs, transport executives and local government chiefs have been told by people with learning difficulties how accessible transport can transform their lives. More than 100 people with learning difficulties –…

A college in the heart of a London borough that has pioneered inclusive education is facing fierce criticism over claims that it is to devote a segregated floor of one…

A review by the government’s “high street tsar”, Mary Portas, has made it even harder to secure access improvements to local shops for disabled people, according to a leading access…