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The UK’s biggest and richest football club has finally admitted that it has less than half the recommended number of spaces for wheelchair-users in its huge 76,000-capacity stadium. Manchester United hit the headlines earlier this month when the disabled peer Baroness […]
A disability charity has launched a year-long inquiry into the “financial penalty” disabled people are forced to pay on top of their everyday living costs. Nine commissioners will spend a year looking at why disabled people in England and Wales pay […]
A local authority has refused to comment on why an independent review it helped to commission into a day centre abuse scandal ignored a series of key issues. The serious case review (SCR) was only commissioned by Doncaster Safeguarding Adults Partnership […]
The government has backed down in a legal dispute with the disabled owners of two small businesses, over whether they had to file their VAT returns online. A tribunal ruled last year that forcing all VAT-registered businesses and sole traders to […]
The NHS trust at the centre of a day centre abuse scandal has denied ignoring whistleblowers who tried to raise concerns about poor standards – months before the regime was finally exposed. The abuse was eventually halted in March 2007 after […]
The NHS trust at the centre of a day centre scandal is guilty of “morally unjustifiable acts that verge on criminality”, according to the step-father of one of the survivors of the abuse. Adrian Milnes’ step-son Richie was one of the […]
The public spending watchdog has launched an investigation into claims of fraud by a company paid to find jobs for disabled people. Only last week, MPs on the Commons public accounts committee quizzed Robert Devereux, permanent secretary in the Department for […]
A disabled activist is considering appealing after a court rejected his claim that a government consultation on plans to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit was unfair and unlawful. The judicial review was brought by disabled activist and blogger Steven […]
The chancellor is facing allegations of “astounding hypocrisy” after being pictured handing a disabled man the keys to a Motability car, despite being responsible for slashing spending on the disability benefit used to lease such vehicles. George Osborne, who was attending […]
Tributes have been paid after the death of Caroline Gooding, an “inspired” campaigner and activist who “helped make Britain a more inclusive place”. Gooding, who died on 19 July, was an equality consultant and author who played a leading role in […]