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Inquiry on accessible transport ‘is a victory for disabled activists’

By John Pring on 2nd February 2023 Category: Transport

Inquiry on accessible transport ‘is a victory for disabled activists’
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Campaigners have welcomed the decision of a committee of MPs to launch an inquiry to investigate the effectiveness of laws that are supposed to ensure an accessible transport system. The inquiry by the transport select committee – which is believed to […]

Bus company breached access laws… and then lied about what it had done

By John Pring on 8th December 2022 Category: Transport

Bus company breached access laws… and then lied about what it had done
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A public transport provider breached access laws by refusing to allow a wheelchair-user to board one of its buses, and then lied about its driver’s actions. Accessible transport campaigner Doug Paulley is taking legal action against Stagecoach after he was refused […]

Government’s access advisers set to publish long-awaited documents, after ABC pressure

By John Pring on 12th May 2022 Category: Transport

Government’s access advisers set to publish long-awaited documents, after ABC pressure
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The government’s own advisory committee is set to publish a string of controversial reports that have previously been kept secret, and which could expose years of ministerial failings on accessible transport. The reports and other documents drawn up by the Disabled […]

New bill set to give fresh rights to disabled users of taxis and minicabs

By John Pring on 28th April 2022 Category: Transport

New bill set to give fresh rights to disabled users of taxis and minicabs
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Legislation passed by parliament this week will give disabled people new rights when travelling by taxis or private hire vehicles, although there are already concerns over how well they will be enforced. The private members’ bill aims to fill gaps in […]

Regulator to probe rail industry body’s ‘discriminatory’ actions during Storm Eunice

By John Pring on 31st March 2022 Category: Transport

Regulator to probe rail industry body’s ‘discriminatory’ actions during Storm Eunice
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The rail regulator is investigating why an industry body appears to have tried to ensure all assisted travel bookings for disabled passengers were cancelled during Storm Eunice in February. Even though many rail services continued through the storm on 18 February, […]

Disabled campaigners set for legal action after PM ends self-isolation rule

By John Pring on 24th February 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled campaigners set for legal action after PM ends self-isolation rule
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Two disabled campaigners who have spent most of the pandemic shielding are set to take legal action against the government, after the prime minister’s confirmation that he was ending the legal requirement to self-isolate after a positive COVID-19 test. Fleur Perry […]

Disability strategy is unlawful, court confirms… and denies DWP permission to appeal

By John Pring on 3rd February 2022 Category: Human Rights

Disability strategy is unlawful, court confirms… and denies DWP permission to appeal
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The government has been denied permission to appeal against a court ruling that its entire disability strategy is unlawful, and not just the botched national consultation ministers carried out last year while they were preparing the document. Disability News Service (DNS) […]

Minister offers transport industry latest ‘ludicrous’ exemptions from access laws

By John Pring on 6th January 2022 Category: Transport

Minister offers transport industry latest ‘ludicrous’ exemptions from access laws
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A minister has agreed to offer transport providers yet another series of “ludicrous” exemptions from transport access laws, two years after the regulations were supposed to have come into force. The government has told senior figures in the rail, bus and […]

Only a tiny proportion of responses to national survey were read, government suggests

By John Pring on 9th September 2021 Category: Politics

Only a tiny proportion of responses to national survey were read, government suggests
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Only a tiny proportion of the views expressed by the thousands of disabled people who took part in the government’s national disability survey have been read by a minister or civil servant, a freedom of information response suggests. The new information […]

Disability strategy delayed again as government consultation faces high court challenge

By John Pring on 22nd July 2021 Category: Politics

Disability strategy delayed again as government consultation faces high court challenge
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The government appears to have been forced to delay the publication of its controversial disability strategy, after four disabled people were granted permission to challenge the legality of its consultation process in the high court. Publication of the strategy was originally […]

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