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One of parliament’s new disabled MPs has suggested that the government should consider criminalising disability discrimination, because of the difficulty disabled people face in enforcing the Equality Act. As a guide dog-user, with a wife who also has a guide dog, Liberal Democrat Steve Darling has experienced repeated discrimination when trying to access services such as hotels, restaurants and taxis, including when trying to hire a taxi in Brighton on the way to the conference.

Scope’s Disability Price Tag report uses the Family Resources Survey to calculate the costs faced by disabled households. Findings show that disabled households now need an extra £1010 every month on average for the same standard of living as non-disabled households.

The House of Lords Public Services Committee has published the report “Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people.” This report follows an inquiry that was held last year which explored the barriers young Disabled people face when transitioning from education to employment.

The Hub, in Bromsgrove, has helped 15-year-old Skye, who was adopted as a young child. She has ADHD and was at risk of being excluded from school, but since being referred there she has already gained qualifications and has ambitions to run a horse therapy yard.

Following Contact’s campaign win on the Carer’s Allowance earnings limit they’re hoping to double their impact with release of their Counting the Costs findings next month. They will be launching the findings in Parliament alongside their Lifeline Appeal with the Big Give – an initiative which means every pound donated to Contact is doubled between 3-10 December.