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The BBC has apologised “unreservedly” after presenters on the popular motoring show Top Gear were filmed parking in two accessible parking bays. The episode aired this week (31 July) on…

This year’s Liberty disability arts festival will feature disabled stars of music, dance, comedy and street theatre, and circus and aerial displays. Highlights of the free festival include a performance…

The case of a boy with autism who was asked to leave his seat in a London theatre during a performance of a hit musical has raised new questions about…

New measures that would see significant improvements to telephone “relay” services for people with hearing and speech impairments have been proposed by the industry regulator Ofcom. Among proposals it is…

Car manufacturers must be forced to adapt their near-silent electric vehicles so they no longer pose such a serious threat to the safety of blind pedestrians, say campaigners. A new…

A new inquiry into plans to reform disability living allowance (DLA) is set to increase pressure on the government to describe the true impact on disabled people of its controversial…

The company at the centre of allegations of abuse of disabled people at a private hospital has suspended four members of staff at another of its care facilities. Allegations of…

The government is set to resist fierce opposition and force through proposals that will weaken the steps public bodies must take to help them promote equality. Campaigners, opposition MPs and…

Furious trade unions have “declared war” on the coalition, after it backed proposals that could see most of Remploy’s remaining sheltered factories closed down, and an end to the company’s…

A health minister has fuelled concerns that next spring’s social care white paper will not include long-awaited reforms to the funding of care and support. The comments by the Conservative…