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After weeks of controversy over Labour and Conservative costings – in which each side accused the other of dishonesty – the manifestos show that both parties had wildly exaggerated their rival’s plans.

A new proposal by Gov. Kathy Hochul to ban masks on the New York subway is drawing pushback from disability advocates and civil liberties, who say the measure could violate the right to protest anonymously

Charles Kingley was a widower and a single father of four who lived in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia in 1829. He worked at a brewhouse but struggled to secure care for his youngest child, William, who was about 5 years old and nearly blind.

Bill Shorten, the minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), is currently in New York at a United Nations conference on the rights of people with disabilities.

A couple receiving pensions gain up to £1,200 more, while large families are £4,600 worse off, says Resolution Foundation

Pension commitments and a sickly population mean that by 2029 Britain’s welfare bill will be increasing by £20bn a year, analysis by Resolution Foundation predicts

Lisa lives with multiple sclerosis. She used to live in aged care after being admitted there in her late 40s.

New estimates suggest nearly 5% of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is spent in error.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disorder of the central nervous system, in which the very immune cells that protect our body from disease start attacking the myelin, a protective sheath that covers nerve fibers. Some cases of MS have a mild course with little to no disability, while in…

Queer people living with disability express themselves in art

British Paralympians have been urged to help record the forgotten history of disability sport after the creation of a new Athlete Community