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A government department has blamed the pandemic for a five-year delay in publishing a report that suggested major changes to the public transport system would be needed to address the barriers faced by disabled people with invisible impairments. The report by […]
A judge has ordered Network Rail to compensate an access campaigner who was abandoned in a waiting-area after booking assistance at a station known among disabled passengers for providing the country’s worst assisted travel service. Euston, the gateway for services from […]
An “eye-opening” report has called for action to address the “inconsistent, unpredictable and sometimes inaccessible services” that disabled bus passengers have to put up with. The report is based on research that aimed to understand the main challenges faced by different […]
Both the government and Network Rail have refused to say what will happen to £65 million of funding that was allocated to improving access at rail stations over the last five years, but was never spent. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed […]
Accessibility standards at airports across the UK have slumped over the last year – and in comparison with pre-pandemic levels – despite the regulator claiming they have improved. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) issued an annual report yesterday (Wednesday) that […]
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 […]
A disabled man claims he was left with a broken ankle and two broken wrists after a bus company’s drivers repeatedly failed to strap him into a wheelchair space properly over the course of two years. Charley Jonstone-Brent, from Coventry, says […]
The new government has refused to say if it will introduce laws aimed at improving protection for disabled air passengers, after a powerful new documentary exposed the repeated discrimination they face. Sophie Morgan’s Fight to Fly, broadcast on Monday by Channel […]
The first king’s speech of the new government has confirmed fears that Labour has no immediate plans to address the social care crisis or to take other decisive action on disability rights. Although some of the new bills announced yesterday (Wednesday) […]
Network Rail has delayed releasing figures until after the general election that would have shown how much funding the government has allocated to improve access at train stations. The delay means it will not be possible to hold the government to […]