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Legislation passed by parliament this week will give disabled people new rights when travelling by taxis or private hire vehicles, although there are already concerns over how well they will be enforced. The private members’ bill aims to fill gaps in […]
The government is facing the threat of fresh legal action after it failed to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter at a televised pandemic briefing by the prime minister, despite spending £2.6 million on a new media room. Deaf campaigners […]
A local council has admitted that it has no idea how many of the buildings it owns and rents to businesses are accessible to disabled people. The admission by Scarborough council came after it refused to force a restaurant and bar […]
The government is facing the threat of legal action over its failure to take action to solve the crisis in accessible housing. The housing, communities and local government secretary Robert Jenrick has been told that he may have acted unlawfully over […]