The UK government has announced a £2.6m fund designed to help people with disabilities overcome barriers to becoming Police and Crime Commissioners, MPs or councillors. The money will help meet the extra costs that disabled candidates incur such as transport or sign-language interpreters.

The equalities minister Lynne Featherstone said: “The 10m disabled people in the UK are under-represented in public life and today we are making an important step towards levelling the playing field.” 

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