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Independent Living

August 2, 2018 0

Charities help government with cover-up over blue badge changes

Disability charities have helped the government cover up the reason it was forced to announce changes to rules that prevented thousands of disabled people with invisible impairments secure blue parking badges. The Department for Transport (DfT) won widespread praise this week for announcing changes to the disabled people’s blue badge on-street parking scheme, following

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November 16, 2017 0

Disabled MP seeks new laws to outlaw ‘rip-off’ hospital parking charges

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A disabled MP has introduced new legislation that would ban all NHS hospitals from “rip-off” parking charges imposed on patients, staff and visitors. The Conservative MP Robert Halfon, a former minister and now chair of the Commons education select committee, said the imposition of car parking charges by hospitals was “the bane of people’s

Independent Living

October 20, 2016

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Government agrees to review ‘discriminatory’ blue badge guidance

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The government has agreed to review “discriminatory” guidance that has made it almost impossible for many disabled people whose mobility is affected by mental health conditions or autism to secure a blue parking badge. The pledge follows a legal challenge from a disabled person who had had a blue badge for 30 years, but

Transport

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June 2, 2016

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‘Discriminatory’ PIP guidance means thousands could lose blue badges

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Disabled people whose mobility is affected by mental health conditions or autism are having their blue parking badges snatched away by local councils in England as a result of the introduction of the government’s new disability benefit. Government guidance issued after the introduction of personal independence payment (PIP) advises councils how to deal with

Independent Living

February 28, 2015

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Council criticised after removing blue badge concessions

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A council has been criticised over plans to remove a concession that offered free parking at work for disabled members of staff with blue badges. Newcastle City Council wants to charge its 18 disabled members of staff to park at work for the first time. The plan had been to charge them £750 a

Independent Living

February 6, 2015

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‘Muddled’ blue badge reforms ‘are to blame for renewal delays’

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The government’s refusal to introduce a national system to administer applications for blue parking badges is to blame for lengthy delays and backlogs across the country, according to a leading disabled motoring expert. Last month, retired Paralympian Steve Varden described the system as a “national problem, scandal and injustice”, after he was fined by

Independent Living

January 23, 2015 0

Blue badge delays are ‘national scandal’

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Delays to the renewal of blue parking badges across the country – following government reforms – are a “national problem, scandal and injustice”, according to a retired Paralympian and campaigner. Steve Varden – now a musician and actor and chair of the inclusive music education charity More Music – is furious that he was

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Charities help government with cover-up over blue badge changes

Disabled MP seeks new laws to outlaw ‘rip-off’ hospital parking charges

Government agrees to review ‘discriminatory’ blue badge guidance

‘Discriminatory’ PIP guidance means thousands could lose blue badges

Council criticised after removing blue badge concessions

‘Muddled’ blue badge reforms ‘are to blame for renewal delays’

Blue badge delays are ‘national scandal’