Council websites are being disproportionately targeted by a Whitehall unit tasked with monitoring their accessibility, new figures have revealed.

In the year from 21 June 2021 to 20 June 2022, the Government's accessibility monitoring team passed reports of 466 issues with the websites or mobile apps of public sector organisations – 301 (65%) from local government – to the Equality and Human Rights Commission or the equivalent in Northern Ireland.