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People with a learning disability are often failing to have their healthcare needs “adequately” met due to a collapsing number of learning disability nurses, according to a report from the Royal College of Nursing.

By the time disabled social worker Vikki Walton-Cole arrived at court, she was already “in pain and unable to walk”. She was not then a full-time wheelchair user. But as the court had no on-site or nearby parking, it was a “massive effort” to walk from much further disabled parking, she told BBC podcast Access All.

A study by the anti-poverty charity Z2K has found that hundreds of thousands of disabled people are going through “unnecessary” personal independence payment (Pip) reviews, “wasting” public money and “significantly harming” the mental and physical health of claimants.

Andy Burnham’s record in engaging with disabled people’s organisations suggests he could end Labour’s “war on disabled people” if he becomes prime minister, but activists warned this week that “warm words will not be enough” to bring real change.

More than one in five pupils in England – around 1.8 million children – are receiving support for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). That’s according to the first annual statistics published since the government set out plans to overhaul the SEND system and change the level of support children can get.