The government's response to a major House of Lords inquiry into the impact of the Equality Act on disabled people - in which it appears to have accepted just eight of 55 recommendations - has been branded a "wasted opportunity".
As she entered Number 10, Theresa May announced herself as a social reformer committed to tackling the inequalities and injustices that persist in Britain.
An Asda superstore staged a "quiet hour" to help autistic and disabled shoppers over the weekend.
Party leader says it is likely Lib Dem peers would have sufficient crossbench support to see off any effort to overturn 1998 law The Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron, has promised that his party will seek to block any government attempt to create new grammar schools, arguing that these are "not the drivers of social mobility" their proponents claim.
The day after I suggested that the House of Lords may try to delay Britain's exit from the European Union, my inbox filled with angry rants against such an attempt to thwart the will of the people. They decried the idea as an outrage against democracy and raged against "the metropolitan elite", that phrase much bandied around in the anti-EU media. Gradually, however, more reasoned messages of support have been landing, reflecting the despair felt by many in this country, and not just in the metropolis.
Your Liberal Democrat councillors invite residents to join them for a "March for the Moor" from 2pm on Sunday 21stAugust. We'll be "beating the bounds" starting at Duke's Moor, then on to Little Moor, followed by a protest rally, as the Council's consultation process comes to a close. Join us with your family, friends, bike, dog or banner and make your feelings known about the plans to grab a swathe of our "green lung" to make way for an enormous motor-way style roundabout on both of those areas. What else can you do? Post your comments (along with nearly 1000 others, mainly negative) at https://bluehousetohaddricks.commonplace.is/schemes/proposals/blue-house-roundabout/details And sign the petition at http://newcastle-libdems.org.uk/en/petition/proposals-for-giant-roundabout-at-blue-house-great-north-road-gosforth These proposals have triggered a serious debate about the future of roads and movement in, out and around our city in the future, and about the value we place on our special environment in N