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Government faces legal action after claimant is refused entry to PIP tribunal because of his assistance dog

By John Pring on 28th May 2026 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Government faces legal action after claimant is refused entry to PIP tribunal because of his assistance dog
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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 […]

Wheelchair-user ‘humiliated’ after driver bans him from coach for complaining about safety and discrimination

By John Pring on 24th October 2024 Category: Transport

Wheelchair-user ‘humiliated’ after driver bans him from coach for complaining about safety and discrimination
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A wheelchair-user was left “humiliated” after a coach driver refused to allow him to board his vehicle, and then told him he was a “liability” and “banned” because he had previously complained about discrimination and safety issues. Arriva Midlands has already […]

Disabled man ‘left with broken bones’ after company repeatedly fails to strap him in safely on coach journeys

By John Pring on 1st August 2024 Category: Transport

Disabled man ‘left with broken bones’ after company repeatedly fails to strap him in safely on coach journeys
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A disabled man claims he was left with a broken ankle and two broken wrists after a bus company’s drivers repeatedly failed to strap him into a wheelchair space properly over the course of two years. Charley Jonstone-Brent, from Coventry, says […]

Disabled people ‘at the heart’ of new accessible transport centre

By John Pring on 16th February 2023 Category: Transport

Disabled people ‘at the heart’ of new accessible transport centre
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Disabled people are “at the heart” of a pioneering new centre that will research and develop accessible transport solutions, its launch event heard this week. The new National Centre for Accessible Transport (NCAT) aims to improve the accessibility and reliability of […]

‘Disability Confident’ firm replaces disabled staff with non-disabled agency workers

By John Pring on 16th July 2020 Category: Employment

‘Disability Confident’ firm replaces disabled staff with non-disabled agency workers
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A company that bragged of being a Disability Confident “Leader” under the government’s discredited employment scheme sacked more than 50 disabled staff when it fell into administration, and then hired mostly non-disabled agency staff to replace them. The workers were employed […]

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