Mixed response to government’s plans to improve access to air travel
A trio of disabled peers who have all been fierce critics of the discrimination faced…
Browsing: Baroness Brinton
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”…
Concerns over industry’s repeated objections to councils’ accessible homes plans
Representatives of the home-building industry are engaged in a countrywide campaign to defeat attempts by…
Renovations to Houses of Parliament ‘must provide step change in access’
A disabled peer has told the House of Lords that plans for a major “restoration…
Government fails to back bill that could open up access to 800,000 wheelchair-users
A disabled Tory peer has attacked the government for failing to support new laws that…
Lib Dem conference: Party votes to bring UN disability convention into UK law
The Liberal Democrats have voted to incorporate the UN disability convention into UK law. Party…
Lib Dem conference: Fresh evidence of PIP lies leads to call for video evidence
The Liberal Democrats have called for disability benefit assessments to be video-recorded, after their annual…
Polling station ‘discrimination’ fuels calls for online voting
The experience of a partially-sighted voter who believes he was discriminated against at a general…
Election 2017: Lib Dems make UN convention pledge
The Liberal Democrats have pledged that they would incorporate the UN disability convention into UK…
Election 2017: Parties finally stress importance of working-age social care
The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour have all spoken publicly – apparently for the first…