disability Articles

The chancellor is as factually wrong as he is insensitive, argues Lizzy Dobres Appearing before the Treasury select committee, the chancellor’s comments yesterday showed the Conservatives are not only insensitive, but wrong and inconsistent. Phillip Hammond told the...

The 2017 general election saw a step forward for disabled representation in parliament – but there is still a great deal of work to be done, writes Emily Brothers It is great to see Labour’s representation of disabled people rise from one to three and across the House...

Providing equal access to Britain's rail network is about more than just toilet facilities, argues Mark Cooper The widely reported experience of Paralympian Anne Wafula Strike, who had to urinate herself after not having an accessible toilet on a train, is for me as a...

The resignation of Iain Duncan Smith from the work and pensions brief followed national media coverage of a very poorly received budget, reflected in YouGov polling, and seeing the Conservatives slip behind Labour for the first time in months. What is interesting is...