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The BBC has been criticised by the communications watchdog over a programme in which presenter Jeremy Clarkson made offensive, disablist comments about people with learning difficulties. Clarkson told viewers of…

The failure of Remploy bosses to stop a senior manager referring to a member of staff by a disablist nickname showed the company’s “total lack of respect” for its disabled…

The government has laid out plans for making websites, computers and other parts of the “digital economy” more accessible to disabled people. The new eAccessibility Action Plan, published by the…

A major new review of inequality in Britain has called for action to close the most important “equality gaps” faced by disabled people and other minority groups. The Equality and…

Phone companies are failing to tell prospective customers about the services they provide for disabled people, according to the communications watchdog. Ofcom described the performance of the eight companies –…

Disabled children are set to take part in a new school sports competition that will be trialled across England from early next year. The “Olympic and Paralympic-style” competition will be…

Major new laws to protect disabled people from discrimination come into force today (1 October), as part of the Equality Act. The act – introduced and steered through parliament by…

The coalition government looks set to scrap its advice body on accessible transport and the Independent Living Fund (ILF) as part of its programme of spending cuts, according to a…

The coalition government is refusing to back proposed laws that would provide new rights for disabled bus and coach passengers across Europe. The government’s failure to back the measures has…

Nearly a third of people who have contacted the police about anti-social behaviour are disabled people, according to a major national report. The Stop the Rot report by Her Majesty’s…