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Network Rail apologises after failing to spend £65 million put aside to improve access at stations

By John Pring on 1st August 2024 Category: Transport

Network Rail apologises after failing to spend £65 million put aside to improve access at stations
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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 […]

Disabled man ‘left with broken bones’ after company repeatedly fails to strap him in safely on coach journeys

By John Pring on 1st August 2024 Category: Transport

Disabled man ‘left with broken bones’ after company repeatedly fails to strap him in safely on coach journeys
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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 […]

Government silence on new flight rights laws, after documentary exposes discrimination

By John Pring on 25th July 2024 Category: Transport

Government silence on new flight rights laws, after documentary exposes discrimination
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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 […]

Labour government sidelines disabled people in first king’s speech

By John Pring on 18th July 2024 Category: Politics

Labour government sidelines disabled people in first king’s speech
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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 delays releasing station access funding figures until after election

By John Pring on 3rd July 2024 Category: Transport

Network Rail delays releasing station access funding figures until after election
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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 […]

Government to investigate ‘fake disabled’ mystery shopper rail claims

By John Pring on 16th May 2024 Category: Transport

Government to investigate ‘fake disabled’ mystery shopper rail claims
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The government is to investigate claims that rail companies are using “mystery shoppers” who are pretending to be disabled as a way of providing data on the accessibility of their services. One campaigner said the concerns could have “huge consequences” for […]

Rail companies are using access stats from mystery shoppers who pretend to be disabled

By John Pring on 9th May 2024 Category: Transport

Rail companies are using access stats from mystery shoppers who pretend to be disabled
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Rail companies are using evidence on the accessibility of their rail services that has come from “mystery shopping” exercises carried out by freelance workers pretending to be disabled, Disability News Service can reveal. Analysis of assignments offered by a market research […]

Train companies admit inflating stats on pre-booked rail assistance

By John Pring on 9th May 2024 Category: Transport

Train companies admit inflating stats on pre-booked rail assistance
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Figures passed to the rail regulator by train companies have repeatedly inflated the success of the industry’s pre-booked passenger assistance service, potentially adding weight to the push to close ticket offices and cut station staff. The data showed the number of […]

Government ‘smokescreen’ prevents release of crucial ticket office information

By John Pring on 18th January 2024 Category: Transport

Government ‘smokescreen’ prevents release of crucial ticket office information
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The government has refused to release its assessment of how plans to close nearly 1,000 ticket offices across England would have affected disabled people and other groups protected under the Equality Act, even though those proposals have now been abandoned. The […]

Laws on self-driving vehicles risk creating new access barriers, disabled peers warn

By John Pring on 18th January 2024 Category: Transport

Laws on self-driving vehicles risk creating new access barriers, disabled peers warn
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Legislation that will set up a safety framework to allow the introduction of self-driving vehicles across the UK must not be allowed to create new access barriers, two disabled peers have warned the government. They told the House of Lords this […]

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