Airline forced to apologise after charging woman for carer’s seat reservation
An airline has been forced to apologise to a disabled woman after it charged her…
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Government reveals the 73 rail stations to benefit from £300 million access funding
The government has revealed the 73 rail stations that will benefit from major improvements under…
Shared space schemes must be halted, mayor’s commissioner told
A disabled campaigner has told London’s walking and cycling commissioner that all shared space street…
Disabled people ‘must keep fighting for their right to travel on public transport’
Disabled people must keep fighting for their right to travel on public transport, and should…
Concerns over growing number of ‘dangerous and discriminatory’ road layouts
Increasing numbers of local authorities are breaching the Equality Act by designing “dangerous and discriminatory”…
Watchdogs’ comments boost hopes for rail access improvements
Powerful warnings from two watchdogs about the barriers faced by disabled passengers have been welcomed…
Two years on from Supreme Court bus ruling, protesters call for overdue action
Campaigners have protested outside the Department for Transport (DfT) to call for new laws that…
Double legal victory for access campaigner over underground discrimination
A court has found that London Underground twice discriminated against a disabled campaigner by failing…
Motability set to spend millions more on grants for adapted vehicles
The Motability car scheme is set to increase substantially the number of grants it makes…
Nine journeys in one day expose ‘sham’ of National Express ‘accessible’ coaches
A disabled campaigner who took nine journeys on the same day to check the accessibility…