GB Athletes with a learning disability win 12 medals at Paralympics despite being restricted to 9 events

Just 3 out of 23 sports open to athletes with a learning disability – Mencap petition calls for more events to be opened up

Paralympics exclude people with a learning disability from over three quarters of sports – Mencap petition

Mencap calls on International Paralympic Committee to increase opportunities for athletes with a learning disability to compete in elite sport

Mencap warns lack of support for children with a learning disability and families this summer holiday

Four out of five parents who have a child with a learning disability struggle to access services over the school summer holidays

Coalition of charities call on Government to end ‘shadow of uncertainty’ around supported housing that could risk disabled people losing their homes

40% of supported housing schemes at risk of closure and 80% future developments stopped

New PM must address discrimination and cuts to support faced by people with a learning disability – Mencap response to new PM

With a new Prime Minister in office, the learning disability charity Mencap and people with a learning disability urge Theresa May to place the rights of people with a learning disability higher on the political agenda than ever before.

Learning Disability Week highlights isolation faced by young people with a learning disability

1 in 3 young people with a learning disability spend less than 1 hour a day outside homes.

What Jon Snow did next – watch Game of Thrones star Kit Harington, struggle to land his next big role as a Mencap ambassador

Kit Harington, who played Jon Snow in Game of Thrones, has struggled to find new work in his latest audition. So desperate for the role he resorts to singing Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody as a last ditch attempt to sway his interview panel.

Mencap response to Stephen Crabb’s first major speech

The new Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions, Stephen Crabb MP, gave his first major speech today.

Mencap respond to announcement cuts to Personal Independence Payment will be abandoned

Stephen Crabb MP, the new Department for Work and Pensions Secretary, has announced cuts to Personal Independence will no longer be going ahead, as outlined in the Budget, during his first statement in his new role.

Reduction in Business Rates add to social care crisis - Mencap response to Budget 2016

Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave his Budget, and offered no mention of solving the social care crisis amid further cuts to disability benefits.

Mencap response to image on social media

House of Commons votes against Lords amendment to carry out impact assessment on disability benefit cuts – Mencap Response

This evening the House of Commons voted against an amendment voted for by the House of Lords asking for a wide-ranging impact assessment on the impact of cutting the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) of Employment and Support Allowance.