News & Blogs

Europe’s leading disabled people’s organisation has raised concerns over the European Commission’s failure to make disability rights a central part of its strategy for the next decade. The European Disability…

New government figures show a record number of disabled graduates have been successful in a recruitment scheme that aims to find the future leaders of the Civil Service. The Fast…

Senior civil servants criticised the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for failing to invest enough money in its employment programme for disabled people, it has been claimed. Disability Alliance…

A tactile map developed by Sheffield Hallam University is being tested in Sheffield. The TacMap, is designed to help visually impaired people navigate around a city. The maps can be…

A case between Coleman v Attridge Law has been settled out of court. The case centred on Sharon Coleman who cares for her disabled son. Sharon claimed that disability discrimination…

Leading campaigners have fiercely criticised the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), after new figures showed it has failed to make vital improvements to the number of disabled people who…

The Department for Transport (DfT) has refused to say whether it has slashed the budget of national schemes to improve access at railway stations. The alleged cuts were first exposed…

New official guidance which makes it clear that people with HIV have the same legal hate crime protection as other disabled people should make it easier for them to report…

The recession has led to a huge increase in discrimination faced both by disabled people in work and those looking for jobs, according to a leading union activist. Diana Holland,…

Union activists have called on the government to set up a public inquiry into the way the police deal with disability hate crime. Delegates to the TUC’s annual disability conference…