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Disabled peers have called on the government to ensure that an accessible rail system becomes a reality through its new railways bill, with no sign yet that ministers will listen to calls for a greater focus on accessibility and disability rights. […]
A transport minister has told peers that it would be “counter-productive” – and take too long – to draw up rules that would ensure all pilot schemes of self-driving taxis are accessible to disabled people. Labour’s rail minister Lord [Peter] Hendy […]
Disabled activists have delivered an angry and dismissive response to a government minister who has tried to justify dropping plans to put accessibility at the heart of rail reforms from a critically-important public consultation. In a letter to the Commons transport […]
Labour’s rail minister had made a series of promises that could see “the beginning of the end” of sub-standard assistance for disabled passengers on the railway, following lobbying by two disabled peers. Lord Hendy, former chair of Network Rail, told the […]
Network Rail has today apologised after admitting that it failed to spend £65 million of funding allocated to improving access at rail stations. The admission came after Disability News Service (DNS) secured figures through a freedom of information request which showed […]