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Baroness Grey-Thompson runs out of time in the Lords as she lists access barriers faced by disabled people 

By John Pring on 23rd May 2024 Category: Politics

Baroness Grey-Thompson runs out of time in the Lords as she lists access barriers faced by disabled people 
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A disabled peer ran out of time during a Lords debate as she attempted to describe all the barriers disabled people face in their daily lives.  Baroness [Tanni] Grey-Thompson (pictured) told fellow peers that there was not enough time to describe […]

Low traffic neighbourhoods can often damage disabled people’s independence, MPs are told 

By John Pring on 23rd May 2024 Category: Politics

Low traffic neighbourhoods can often damage disabled people’s independence, MPs are told 
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A disabled MP has warned that the introduction of low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) across England has too often had a damaging impact on disabled people’s independence.  Labour’s Marsha de Cordova told a parliamentary debate this week that many disabled people have […]

Report highlights access barriers imposed by sustainability efforts at live events

By John Pring on 29th February 2024 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Report highlights access barriers imposed by sustainability efforts at live events
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A new report aims to ensure that efforts by organisers of festivals and other live events to address the climate crisis do not impose further access barriers on disabled people.  The idea for the project came from Suzanne Bull (pictured), founder […]

Music festival operator signs legal agreement after multiple access failings

By John Pring on 30th November 2023 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Music festival operator signs legal agreement after multiple access failings
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The UK’s leading music festival operator has been forced to sign a legal agreement with the equality watchdog after serious access failings at events it ran both this summer and last year. Live Nation, which runs Festival Republic, has signed a […]

Disabled mum calls for others to challenge discriminatory roadworks

By John Pring on 26th October 2023 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled mum calls for others to challenge discriminatory roadworks
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A disabled woman who successfully challenged a utility company over the discriminatory actions of its contractors, after they made crossing-points impossible for her and her daughter to access, is calling on other disabled people to follow her example. Kate Ball, from […]

Labour ignored safety concerns ‘for two years’ before near-miss on conference ramp

By John Pring on 12th October 2023 Category: Politics

Labour ignored safety concerns ‘for two years’ before near-miss on conference ramp
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A wheelchair-user could easily have lost his life in front of hundreds of delegates to the Labour conference, after the party ignored years of safety warnings about the ramp used to access the speakers’ platform, say disabled activists. There was an […]

Wimbledon apologises after disabled tennis fan is forced to use service lift

By John Pring on 20th July 2023 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Wimbledon apologises after disabled tennis fan is forced to use service lift
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A disabled tennis-lover and his wife were shocked to find they had to use a service lift used by staff to take out the rubbish when they wanted to access their sought-after seats on one of Wimbledon’s show courts. Bob and […]

Daily road closure leaves disabled woman imprisoned in her home

By John Pring on 11th May 2023 Category: Human Rights

Daily road closure leaves disabled woman imprisoned in her home
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The closure of a road by a council has left a disabled woman imprisoned in her home and unable to attend vital health appointments, in the latest example of pedestrian-friendly policies that are failing to take access needs into account. Ann […]

‘Levelling up’ Tory MPs defeat bid for legal duty to make all rail stations accessible

By John Pring on 27th October 2022 Category: Transport

‘Levelling up’ Tory MPs defeat bid for legal duty to make all rail stations accessible
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Campaigners have questioned why Conservative ministers and MPs rejected a proposal that would have forced the government to take “reasonable steps” towards making all rail stations in England accessible to disabled people. The proposed amendment to the government’s levelling-up and regeneration […]

Protest ‘shows strength of feeling’ on York’s blue badge ban

By Tom McDonough on 27th October 2022 Category: Transport

Protest ‘shows strength of feeling’ on York’s blue badge ban
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By Tom McDonough A protest outside York council has been hailed as an important step in disabled people’s year-long fight against the decision to ban blue badge-holders from their city centre. Reverse the Ban, a coalition of disabled-led organisations and allies, […]

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