A ruling from the House of Lords has widened the legal definition of disability.
Continue reading House of Lords widens definition of disability.
There is no doubt that some people are doing very well in what for many are cash-strapped times: namely those on well-paid jobs whose mortgage costs have dipped even quicker than the economy.
Continue reading Poor miss out as living costs appear to fall.
I would never have imagined bracketing the people who drive mobility scooters with Lewis Hamilton.
Continue reading EU puts mobility scooters in the fast lane.
If she is well enough, Debbie Purdy will today be scanning the news to find out whether the amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill receives a favourable response in the House of Lords.
Continue reading Clerics slip a suicide note under the parliamentary door.
Can't work out whether to go and see England People Very Nice at the National Theatre.
Continue reading What is funny and what is racism?.
It probably wasn't the answer that the Daily Mail was looking for as its loaded poll question "Should the NHS allow gipsies to jump the queue?" went up on its Mail Online website.
Continue reading Daily Mail readers love Gypsies - official!.
That should stick it to the dyslexia deniers. An inquiry led by former Ofsted inspector Sir Jim Rose has prompted the government to help children who are held back at school because of the learning difficulty.
Continue reading One in the eye for dyslexia deniers.
Is merger mania about to hit the voluntary sector? Help the Aged and Age Concern may have fired the starting pistol with the belated discovery that their aims and actions were overlapping.
Continue reading Should our charities merge to survive?.
It was less the night of the long knives, more the day of the long, white envelopes as ministers queued to hand their resignation letters to prime minister Gordon Brown.
Continue reading Wanted: Government minister; must have social work experience.
