Anger over Isabel Oakeshott's tweet about Accessible Parking bays
Image caption - photo of Oxford Parkway station's accessible parking spaces.
20 Feb 2018
News
Scunthorpe campaigner hands in changing places petition
A campaigner calling for improvements to disabled toilets has handed in a petition to the prime minister. Lorna Fillingham from Scunthorpe wants more toilets where disabled children and adults can be changed by their parents and carers.
20 Feb 2018
Disability group wants pause on straw ban campaign
A disability group is calling for a pause in the campaign to ban plastic straws. The One in Five group wants MSP Kate Forbes to halt her Final Straw campaign temporarily while concerns are addressed for disabled people. It says paper, plant-based and metal alternatives are not always suitable and could even prove dangerous. The group wants the campaign to have disability advice in place for companies looking to replace plastic.
20 Feb 2018
Is disability hidden in fashion? London Fashion Week
Last year, Kelly Knox became one of the first disabled models to feature at London Fashion Week. Together with BBC Radio 5 live, here Kelly investigates why people with disabilities find it so hard to make it in the fashion industry...
20 Feb 2018
Debtors with mental health problems need 'breathing space'
Thousands of people with mental health issues are trapped in a spiral of escalating debts, a charity says. The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute said that in 2017, some 23,000 people were being pursued while in hospital for mental health problems. Thousands more were in a similar position while receiving mental health crisis support in the community.
NW
20 Feb 2018
Charities criticise new government sleep-in crisis review
Charities have expressed concern after the government announced a new review of the potential bill facing social care providers for historic underpayment of staff. Providers have been urging the government to rethink enforcement action over back-pay for sleep-in shift workers, which the sector estimates could cost it up tp £400m and bankrupt many providers, for the past year, arguing that the government changed its National Minimum Wage (NMW) guidance in October 2016.
RP
20 Feb 2018