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Campaigners converge on Downing Street to warn of rail ‘mass exclusion’

By John Pring on 23rd February 2023 Category: Transport

Campaigners converge on Downing Street to warn of rail ‘mass exclusion’
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Disabled campaigners from across the country have converged on Downing Street to warn the prime minister that his government’s “extremely dangerous” rail reforms will cause “mass exclusion” on the network. They were there to deliver a petition, drawn up by The […]

Boris Johnson spends £2.6 million on media facilities… with an inaccessible stage

By John Pring on 18th March 2021 Category: Politics

Boris Johnson spends £2.6 million on media facilities… with an inaccessible stage
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The prime minister is facing questions over why he authorised spending of £2.6 million on creating a new Downing Street media briefing room which has a stage that is inaccessible to wheelchair-users. Photographs emerged this week which showed a raised stage […]

Treasury rejects delivery of last-ditch appeals for £20 uplift

By John Pring on 4th March 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Treasury rejects delivery of last-ditch appeals for £20 uplift
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The Treasury and Downing Street have rejected deliveries of appeals from disabled people for ministers to pay attention to their urgent need for an increase in their benefits, after the evidence was delivered to their front doors. Personal accounts from disabled […]

Coronavirus: No 10 faces legal action threat over inaccessible information

By John Pring on 14th May 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: No 10 faces legal action threat over inaccessible information
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A disabled campaigner has warned the UK government that its failure to provide vital public health information about the pandemic crisis in an accessible format is risking the lives of blind and partially-sighted people. Rachael Andrews, who uses screen-reading software, has […]

No 10 access information will remain secret… because of terrorist threat

By John Pring on 2nd May 2019 Category: Politics

No 10 access information will remain secret… because of terrorist threat
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Documents that could reveal why the government has refused to remove the two iconic – and inaccessible – steps that lead to the front door of 10 Downing Street will not be released, because of a risk that the information could […]

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