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Police force pledges to investigate bus drivers who ignore access laws

By John Pring on 30th March 2017 Category: Transport

Police force pledges to investigate bus drivers who ignore access laws
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A police force has confirmed that it is willing to launch criminal investigations into bus drivers who refuse to allow wheelchair-users onto their vehicles without a good reason. West Yorkshire Police has promised to alert its call centre staff to long-standing […]

Ministers face twin attack over bus accessibility failures

By John Pring on 23rd March 2017 Category: Transport

Ministers face twin attack over bus accessibility failures
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Two leading disabled campaigners have criticised ministers for failing to agree key measures that would improve the accessibility of bus services. The crossbench peer Baroness [Jane] Campbell and activist Doug Paulley spoke out after MPs debated the latest parliamentary stage of […]

First Bus response to Supreme Court ruling ‘treats disabled people with contempt’

By John Pring on 2nd February 2017 Category: Transport

First Bus response to Supreme Court ruling ‘treats disabled people with contempt’
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A bus company forced to change its policies after a ground-breaking Supreme Court access case has been accused of treating disabled peple and the legal system with contempt, after it revealed the measures it has taken to comply with the judgment. […]

‘We must keep banging the drum,’ says bus campaigner after five-year fight for justice

By John Pring on 19th January 2017 Category: Transport

‘We must keep banging the drum,’ says bus campaigner after five-year fight for justice
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The disabled activist who yesterday won a ground-breaking legal victory that protects the rights of wheelchair-users to travel on buses has said he does not regret the five years he has spent fighting the case through the courts. Doug Paulley (pictured), from […]

Anger after bus giant ‘tries to weasel out’ of Supreme Court discrimination ruling

By John Pring on 19th January 2017 Category: Transport

Anger after bus giant ‘tries to weasel out’ of Supreme Court discrimination ruling
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The bus company at the centre of a ground-breaking Supreme Court case has been accused of trying to “weasel out” of the unanimous conclusion that its policies unlawfully discriminated against wheelchair-users. Seven Supreme Court justices ruled yesterday (Wednesday) that First Bus […]

Agency lied over bus operators flouting access laws, FoI response reveals

By John Pring on 8th December 2016 Category: Transport

Agency lied over bus operators flouting access laws, FoI response reveals
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A government transport agency lied when it claimed it had no evidence of transport operators using a loophole to avoid legal obligations to ensure their buses were accessible to disabled people, new evidence has proved. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency […]

Government agency ‘blocked attempts to expose abuse of bus access loophole’

By John Pring on 22nd September 2016 Category: Transport

Government agency ‘blocked attempts to expose abuse of bus access loophole’
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Some bus companies are taking advantage of a loophole that means they can avoid their legal obligations to ensure their buses are accessible to disabled people, the industry’s own trade association has admitted. The admission from the Confederation of Passenger Transport […]

Bus companies ‘using loopholes’ to evade access laws

By John Pring on 18th August 2016 Category: Transport

Bus companies ‘using loopholes’ to evade access laws
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Public transport providers and local authorities are using loopholes in legislation to avoid their legal obligations to ensure that buses are accessible to disabled people, campaigners fear. They believe that transport companies are using three different loopholes to allow them to […]

EHRC earns cautious approval for response to Equality Act report

By John Pring on 21st July 2016 Category: Human Rights

EHRC earns cautious approval for response to Equality Act report
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The equality watchdog has earned cautious approval for its response to recommendations made by a House of Lords committee that examined the impact of the Equality Act on disabled people. The committee concluded earlier this year that the government was failing […]

Government’s response to Equality Act report is ‘disgusting travesty’

By John Pring on 14th July 2016 Category: Human Rights

Government’s response to Equality Act report is ‘disgusting travesty’
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The government’s response to a major House of Lords inquiry into the impact of the Equality Act on disabled people – in which it appears to have accepted just eight of 55 recommendations – has been branded a “wasted opportunity”. The […]

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