For the second consecutive year and the third time since 2010, George Osborne raised Insurance Premium Tax (IPT). Thanks to the latest hike IPT now stands at 10%, double the pre-2010 Budget rate, and it appears to be moving inexorably towards parity with VAT. Read More
David Anderson and Mathew Hine’s adapted Days Strider scooter smashed the previous 82mph record held by Klaus Petersen by reaching a tarmac-eating 107.6mph. Read More
“Right to buy” is to be extended to housing association tenants and only last week the prime minster announced plans to demolish up to 100 so-called “sink estates.” Read More
A new report by Whizz-Kidz (PDF), the disabled children’s charity, has revealed just how life-limiting the failure to provide accessible transport can be. Read More
Driving in winter can be frightening and dangerous, especially when snow, ice and floods are involved. Read More
Earlier this year the American business magazine Fortune put forward an interesting proposition: is the rapid advance of wearable technologies changing the definition of what it means to be disabled? Read More
It’s dubbed ‘murderball’ thanks to its high-speed, full contact metal-on-metal aggression, and it was recently described by The Mayor of London as “one of the most terrifying and exhilarating sports on the planet.” Read More
A survey by the Association of British Travel Agents has revealed that confusion over the benefits offered by the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). Read More
In the final instalment of our series of blogs with Julie, she tells us how she gets the very best from her prosthesis. Read More
Seeing is believing, the old saying goes. So where does that leave people with “invisible disabilities.” Frequently stigmatised and discriminated against is the sad answer. Read More
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