Disabled peer calls for ‘heavy fines’ for air travel access failures
A disabled crossbench peer has called on the government to start handing out “heavy fines”…
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Crossrail step-free promise looks set to be broken
The promise to disabled people that every station on London’s much-delayed, £15 billion Crossrail project…
Bus company ‘turns back clock on wheelchair access’
A bus company has turned back the clock on access by introducing new buses that…
Regulator sets out ideas for better assisted rail travel
The rail regulator has revealed a series of draft measures designed to force the industry…
Disabled shadow minister calls for government to fund access to all rail stations
A disabled shadow minister has called on the government to do more to improve its…
Labour conference: Fringes hear call for ideas on how to resist years of oppression
Disabled Labour supporters have described some of the ways in which left-wing activists could push…
Train companies could face court over inaccessible rail replacement buses
Train companies are facing possible legal action over their failure to ensure that replacement bus…
Train company faces calls to rip up scooter policy after latest ‘shameful’ episode
A rail company is facing calls to change its “reprehensible and unsupportable” attitude to disabled…
Rail minister’s postbag ‘is overflowing with complaints’ about passenger assistance
A disabled minister has told the rail industry that his postbag is overflowing with complaints…
ELECTION 2015: Lib Dem president’s bus horror ‘proves need for new law’
The disabled president of the Liberal Democrats has complained of her “outrageous” treatment by a…