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Purple Tuesday defends itself from ‘purplewashing’ accusation

By John Pring on 4th November 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Purple Tuesday defends itself from ‘purplewashing’ accusation
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The founder of a high-profile access campaign has denied that it provides powerful corporations with an opportunity to parade their supposed commitment to disability equality without having to prove they are implementing the public promises they make. This week saw the […]

Timpson silent over ‘accessibility fails’

By John Pring on 21st October 2021 Category: Independent Living

Timpson silent over ‘accessibility fails’
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The high street retailer Timpson is facing allegations from disabled campaigners that many of its stores are inaccessible to disabled people. The concerns focus both on its high street stores and on the small “pods” – factory-built kiosks – it has […]

Labour conference: Party chief pledges to put an end to disability discrimination

By John Pring on 30th September 2021 Category: Politics

Labour conference: Party chief pledges to put an end to disability discrimination
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Labour’s general secretary has promised that he will put an end to the years of discrimination experienced by disabled party members. David Evans, the party’s general secretary since last year, told a Disability Labour fringe meeting that he would personally ensure […]

Disabled campaigners and allies protest at ‘discriminatory’ taxi rank plans

By John Pring on 16th September 2021 Category: Transport

Disabled campaigners and allies protest at ‘discriminatory’ taxi rank plans
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Disabled campaigners and allies protested this week against “discriminatory” plans to move a taxi rank further away from platforms at Leeds railway station. Hundreds of people have raised concerns about the plans, which even led to Leeds City Council paying a […]

Disabled fans continue to face barriers to watching live sport, survey shows

By John Pring on 12th August 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Disabled fans continue to face barriers to watching live sport, survey shows
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A new survey by a disabled-led charity has highlighted the continuing barriers disabled supporters face in accessing sports venues. Almost a third (30 per cent) of disabled fans who took part in the survey said there were some sports or sporting […]

Disabled activists persuade council to think again on ‘discriminatory’ Peterloo memorial

By John Pring on 1st July 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled activists persuade council to think again on ‘discriminatory’ Peterloo memorial
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Disabled campaigners have persuaded a council to reconsider its decision that nothing can be done to ensure that a high-profile memorial to the victims of the Peterloo massacre is fully accessible. Manchester City Council caused outrage among disabled people two years […]

Council ‘used pandemic as Trojan horse for city centre access changes’

By Chloe Johnson on 1st July 2021 Category: Independent Living

Council ‘used pandemic as Trojan horse for city centre access changes’
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Campaigners have accused a council of using the pandemic as a “Trojan horse” to make permanent changes to the city centre that are already having a “devastating” impact on disabled people’s ability to access services, after being introduced as temporary measures. […]

Boris Johnson spends £2.6 million on media facilities… with an inaccessible stage

By John Pring on 18th March 2021 Category: Politics

Boris Johnson spends £2.6 million on media facilities… with an inaccessible stage
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The prime minister is facing questions over why he authorised spending of £2.6 million on creating a new Downing Street media briefing room which has a stage that is inaccessible to wheelchair-users. Photographs emerged this week which showed a raised stage […]

Train company pays £17,000 after repeatedly leaving disabled woman stranded

By John Pring on 11th March 2021 Category: Transport

Train company pays £17,000 after repeatedly leaving disabled woman stranded
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A disabled woman who was left stranded on trains and station platforms more than 30 times by a rail company has been awarded compensation of £17,000. Southern admitted repeatedly failing to deal ­­with the discrimination Sam Jennings was facing, even after […]

Peterloo memorial branded ‘million-pound embarrassment’ after latest access failure

By John Pring on 11th March 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Peterloo memorial branded ‘million-pound embarrassment’ after latest access failure
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A memorial to the victims of the Peterloo massacre has been branded a “million-pound embarrassment” after Manchester City Council failed again to suggest a way to make it fully accessible to disabled people. One disabled activist told an online public meeting […]

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