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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 […]

Government announces fresh set of exemptions from transport access laws

By John Pring on 15th July 2021 Category: Transport

Government announces fresh set of exemptions from transport access laws
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Parts of the rail, bus and coach industries are likely to be able to continue to use inaccessible vehicles for years to come, after a “worrying” government announcement that it was planning a fresh series of exemptions from transport access laws. […]

Campaigner set for legal action over ‘fundamentally broken’ rail assistance app

By John Pring on 1st July 2021 Category: Transport

Campaigner set for legal action over ‘fundamentally broken’ rail assistance app
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A disabled campaigner has taken the first steps towards launching legal action over the rail industry’s use of a long-delayed and “fundamentally broken” passenger assistance mobile phone app. The industry hoped its Passenger Assist app would make it easier for disabled […]

Equality Act threat over long-awaited rail access app

By John Pring on 20th May 2021 Category: Transport

Equality Act threat over long-awaited rail access app
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Rail companies have delayed plans to launch a new mobile phone accessibility app, just days after they were warned that the technology appears to breach their duties under the Equality Act. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) had been set to launch […]

Activist set for legal action over government’s ‘excessive, discriminatory’ care home rules

By John Pring on 6th May 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Activist set for legal action over government’s ‘excessive, discriminatory’ care home rules
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A disabled campaigner is hoping to launch a legal action against government COVID rules that force residents of care homes to isolate for two weeks every time they attend a medical appointment or visit a shop. Doug Paulley has also told […]

Government faces legal action over ‘disrespectful’ strategy consultation

By John Pring on 1st April 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government faces legal action over ‘disrespectful’ strategy consultation
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Four disabled people have launched a legal action against the government over its “disrespectful” and “unlawful” approach to seeking their views on the proposed national disability strategy. The four claimants say that a controversial survey, carried out by the Disability Unit, […]

Minister allows transport industry its fourth exemption from access laws

By John Pring on 7th January 2021 Category: Transport

Minister allows transport industry its fourth exemption from access laws
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A government minister has allowed the transport industry its fourth temporary exemption from access laws, allowing it to continue to use inaccessible vehicles for rail replacement services for another nine months. The concession came in a letter from transport minister Chris […]

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