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Government reveals the 73 rail stations to benefit from £300 million access funding

By John Pring on 4th April 2019 Category: Transport

Government reveals the 73 rail stations to benefit from £300 million access funding
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The government has revealed the 73 rail stations that will benefit from major improvements under its Access for All accessibility programme over the next five years. The Department for Transport (DfT) also confirmed the announcement made in last July’s Inclusive Transport […]

MPs praise campaigners who received threats and abuse over access court cases

By John Pring on 31st January 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

MPs praise campaigners who received threats and abuse over access court cases
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MPs have heard how disabled campaigners were abused and threatened, while one was even reported to the police, after taking legal actions against service-providers for disability discrimination. Esther Leighton and Doug Paulley (pictured) were praised by MPs for their campaigning work, […]

Two years on from Supreme Court bus ruling, protesters call for overdue action

By John Pring on 24th January 2019 Category: Transport

Two years on from Supreme Court bus ruling, protesters call for overdue action
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Campaigners have protested outside the Department for Transport (DfT) to call for new laws that would protect the rights of wheelchair-users to use buses, on the second anniversary of a ground-breaking Supreme Court victory. Two years ago (on 18 January), the […]

Double legal victory for access campaigner over underground discrimination

By John Pring on 17th January 2019 Category: Transport

Double legal victory for access campaigner over underground discrimination
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A court has found that London Underground twice discriminated against a disabled campaigner by failing to warn him that vital lifts that would allow him to complete his journey on the capital’s tube network were out-of-order. Doug Paulley found himself stranded […]

Nine journeys in one day expose ‘sham’ of National Express ‘accessible’ coaches

By John Pring on 10th January 2019 Category: Transport

Nine journeys in one day expose ‘sham’ of National Express ‘accessible’ coaches
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A disabled campaigner who took nine journeys on the same day to check the accessibility of the services provided by the UK’s largest coach operator experienced significant problems on all but one of them. Wheelchair-user Doug Paulley had booked assistance in […]

Bus company ‘turns back clock on wheelchair access’

By John Pring on 30th November 2018 Category: Transport

Bus company ‘turns back clock on wheelchair access’
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A bus company has turned back the clock on access by introducing new buses that will make it harder for wheelchair-users to use public transport, says a leading disabled campaigner. Lothian Buses took the decision to ban non-folding buggies from its […]

Regulator sets out ideas for better assisted rail travel

By John Pring on 15th November 2018 Category: Transport

Regulator sets out ideas for better assisted rail travel
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The rail regulator has revealed a series of draft measures designed to force the industry to improve the assistance it provides to disabled passengers. Many of the proposals suggested by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) yesterday (Wednesday) aim to […]

Train companies could face court over inaccessible rail replacement buses

By John Pring on 13th September 2018 Category: Transport

Train companies could face court over inaccessible rail replacement buses
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Train companies are facing possible legal action over their failure to ensure that replacement bus services are accessible to wheelchair-users and other rail passengers with mobility impairments. A leading disabled campaigner believes that access and equality laws mean most rail replacement […]

Campaigners raise thousands in days for #TransportJustice legal fund

By John Pring on 6th September 2018 Category: Transport

Campaigners raise thousands in days for #TransportJustice legal fund
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A new campaign that will fund legal actions on behalf of disabled people who have faced discrimination on public transport has raised thousands of pounds in just a week. The #TransportJustice campaign has secured the backing of leading disabled activists and […]

Deaths and hospital admissions follow short-notice closure of Leonard Cheshire home

By John Pring on 16th August 2018 Category: Housing

Deaths and hospital admissions follow short-notice closure of Leonard Cheshire home
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At least two disabled people have died while others have been admitted to hospital following the short-notice closure of a residential home by a disability charity. Leonard Cheshire faced allegations of “insensitive and abusive” behaviour in May over the way its […]

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