A student has been told his disability means he will not receive a qualification in journalism. Kyle Gunn, 19, from Johnstone, Renfrewshire, has cerebral palsy and is unable to complete the shorthand element of his course. Having spent the past year on the NQ Media Studies course at Glasgow Clyde College, Kyle was hoping to progress onto the two-year HND Practical Journalism course.
A report from a UN committee has criticised the UK government for its treatment of disabled people, saying it needs to do much more to protect the rights of the disabled. The UK is required to regularly report to the UN on how it is honouring the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
A woman who asked her employer to reduce her working hours because of her mental health has been awarded more than £11,000. A tribunal found that the car firm, Charles Hurst, had discriminated against Marie-Claire McLaughlin under the Disability Act.
In August 2016 Wiltshire Council introduced a new system of charging for adult care which resulted in many people paying more for the services provided by the council. About 3,500 people are potentially hit by the changes. However they first have to have an assessment of their financial circumstances, with assessments being done annually thereafter.
Nick Clegg says David Cameron blocked expansion in deference to Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre The government's childcare record has come under renewed fire this weekend after it emerged that large numbers of children in some of the country's poorest areas are missing out on a flagship programme introduced by the coalition government to give disadvantaged two-year-olds a better start in life.
After a long campaign by Liberal Democrat Councillors in Paddox Ward, we have finally managed to get a desperately needed bus shelter for the Vere Road bus stop.