Dozens of leading disability charities have urged Rachel Reeves not to cut Motability at Wednesday’s Budget as the chancellor ...

The government has announced planned legal changes to better protect airline passengers living with disability following the #RightsOnFlights campaign led by author and broadcaster Sophie Morgan. The ...

The UK's welfare debate has reached boiling point as the government moves to strip luxury cars from the Motability scheme.

The United Kingdom government’s draft law to cut spending on disability-related social security triggered major opposition from within the ruling party, forcing the government to roll back some of the ...

The UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has unveiled new rules for welfare benefit claimants. Under the government’s back to work plan, £2.5 billion of funding is to be allocated to employment support schemes ...

This essential guidance can help anyone making a new claim for any of Scotland’s devolved disability benefits.

Heidi Crowter poses with signs at a rally for campaign group 'Don't Screen Us Out', London, United Kingdom, July 13, 2022. A British woman with Down syndrome will take her campaign to limit abortions ...

Award-winning disability arts charity DaDa have announced the launch of DDFI Extra – a new winter arts programme running ...

Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and author whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. Wong died ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Buying your first home is a major life milestone, albeit one which comes with its fair share of challenges. For access consultant and dance teacher Katie Anna McConnell, her disability means that ...