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Train company faces calls to rip up scooter policy after latest ‘shameful’ episode

By John Pring on 9th August 2018 Category: Transport

Train company faces calls to rip up scooter policy after latest ‘shameful’ episode
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A rail company is facing calls to change its “reprehensible and unsupportable” attitude to disabled passengers, after one of its guards threatened to throw a woman off a train because she was using a mobility scooter. Sara Harvey was on the […]

Sale of 17 Leonard Cheshire homes ‘makes mockery of user-involvement pledge’

By John Pring on 2nd August 2018 Category: Independent Living

Sale of 17 Leonard Cheshire homes ‘makes mockery of user-involvement pledge’
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The disability charity Leonard Cheshire has been accused of making “a complete mockery” of its supposed commitment to service-user involvement after it suddenly told residents of 17 of its care homes that it plans to sell them to other care providers. […]

Trio of coach companies agree wheelchair rule changes after legal warnings

By John Pring on 12th July 2018 Category: Transport

Trio of coach companies agree wheelchair rule changes after legal warnings
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Three national coach companies have agreed to change their rules so they no longer prevent wheelchair-users enjoying a “turn-up-and-go” service, thanks to a disabled campaigner. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has even threatened to refer National Express, Megabus, Scottish […]

TransPennine performs sharp U-turn on train access after protest threat

By John Pring on 14th June 2018 Category: Transport

TransPennine performs sharp U-turn on train access after protest threat
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A train operator that planned to run mainline rail services that wheelchair-users would not have been able to access has been forced to abandon its plans after it faced threats of a protest by disabled activists. Disability News Service revealed last month that […]

Rail company to run services with no wheelchair spaces… on government’s orders

By John Pring on 31st May 2018 Category: Transport

Rail company to run services with no wheelchair spaces… on government’s orders
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A train operator will this summer start running mainline rail services that wheelchair-users will not be able to access… with the apparent blessing of the government. It is believed to be the first time for many years that a scheduled mainline […]

Charity faces claims of ‘abusive’ behaviour over care home closure meeting

By John Pring on 10th May 2018 Category: Independent Living

Charity faces claims of ‘abusive’ behaviour over care home closure meeting
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A disability charity is facing allegations of “insensitive and abusive” behaviour over the way its executives told disabled residents that they were about to close their care home because they could not afford to keep it open. The news was broken […]

A year on from new taxi discrimination laws… and not a single prosecution

By John Pring on 10th May 2018 Category: Transport

A year on from new taxi discrimination laws… and not a single prosecution
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Local authorities have failed to prosecute a single taxi-driver for discriminating against wheelchair-users under new legislation introduced more than a year ago, according to new figures released under the Freedom of Information Act. The figures show that not one taxi-driver out […]

Ministers finally publish bus wheelchair space report… then announce more talks

By John Pring on 15th March 2018 Category: Transport

Ministers finally publish bus wheelchair space report… then announce more talks
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Ministers have finally announced that they will act to protect the rights of wheelchair-users to travel on buses, nearly 14 months after a ground-breaking Supreme Court ruling. The Supreme Court ruled in January 2017 that First Bus had breached its duty […]

Coach company’s wheelchair policy puts drivers at risk of criminal record

By John Pring on 8th March 2018 Category: Transport

Coach company’s wheelchair policy puts drivers at risk of criminal record
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A coach company is ignoring access laws by refusing to allow wheelchair-users to travel on its services on the same day they buy tickets, while exposing its drivers to possible criminal charges. Transport laws state that any company that has already […]

Councils’ response to taxi discrimination laws has been ‘inadequate’, says activist

By John Pring on 21st December 2017 Category: Transport

Councils’ response to taxi discrimination laws has been ‘inadequate’, says activist
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Only about a third of local authorities have taken action to protect wheelchair-users from discrimination by drivers of taxis and private hire vehicles, more than eight months after the government gave them new powers to do so. The figures, compiled by […]

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