A leading department store says it has become the first high street retailer to use pictures of a disabled model in a fashion advertising campaign. Debenhams is using shots of wheelchair-user Shannon Murray online and in window displays in its Glasgow, Guildford, Oxford Street (London) and Nottingham branches, and plans to roll them out across [...]

Disabled campaigners have given a mixed response to new official guidance on prosecuting cases of assisted suicide. Some disabled people’s organisations were relieved that the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, had removed “disturbing” elements from the interim guidance he issued last September. But other campaigners said that publishing any guidance sent a signal that [...]

A leading disabled barrister has called for a “sea change” in the attitudes of judges towards disabled people. John Horan said judges should be forced to undergo diversity training that includes a section on disability discrimination, because of their lack of knowledge and awareness. He was speaking as a new report – commissioned by the [...]

An overhaul of the laws that govern the social care provided to disabled and older people has been described as the most radical shake-up of the legislation for more than 60 years. The Law Commission, which advises the government on law reform, has set out draft plans to replace 38 different laws and thousands of [...]

New research shows that paying providers of employment support according to how many disabled people they place in jobs leads to a “bare minimum” service for those less ready for work. The research into the effectiveness of paying private and voluntary sector providers of Pathways to Work based on how many clients find work comes [...]