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A disabled MP has revealed how he twice faced discrimination in less than 24 hours after arriving in Brighton for his party’s annual conference this week. Steve Darling, who is registered blind and has an assistance dog, was failed by the […]
A disabled man plans to take legal action against the Ministry of Justice after his benefit tribunal hearing had to be postponed when a judge banned him from bringing in his assistance dog. Thomas Thorp, from Coventry, was attempting to appeal […]
Labour appears set for a serious disagreement with its own minister for disability, after apparently rejecting his advice about a disabled member who was prevented from attending the party’s annual conference with her assistance dog. Sir Stephen Timms wrote to the […]
A hospital trust is facing legal action after it refused permission to a disabled nurse to bring her assistance dog with her to an outpatient appointment during the pandemic. Wheelchair-user Bethann Siviter was visiting Birmingham City Hospital last August, but she […]
The government appears to be ignoring pleas to clamp down on significant areas of discrimination against disabled air passengers. The concerns arose after the Department for Transport (DfT) issued a progress report on its new aviation strategy. It included suggestions that […]
The aviation regulator is being forced to change guidance that appears to discriminate against many disabled people who want to take their assistance dogs with them on commercial flights. Guidance issued through a safety notice by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) […]