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A new from the British government says for disabled people in stores in Britain is "shocking". The U.K. government visited and checked than 30,000 shops and restaurants across the country. They found that many stores and made it very difficult or impossible for disabled people to shop or eat shopping. The survey listed many examples of how it is for disabled people to go shopping. Around 20 per cent of stores had no wheelchair and two-thirds of staff in shops had no to help disabled customers. Going to the bathroom is also for people in wheelchairs. Over 40% of restaurants and 30 per cent of stores have no accessible .

Britain's Minister for Disabled People, Mark Harper, said it was that the disabled had such problems when shopping. He said people with should be able to enjoy shopping just like everyone . He told reporters: "Everyone deserves to be able to go...shopping or enjoy a meal or drink with their friends or ." He added that stores and restaurants were losing because they did not help the disabled, saying: "This isn't just about doing what's right. Businesses are missing a by not doing more to tap into this market." He said: "A of the British population has a and they and their households have a spending of over £200 billion [$310bn]."

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