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Disabled campaigners have welcomed a judge’s order that should put a temporary stop to energy companies using the courts to force customers onto prepayment meters, but they have called on the government to go further and introduce a permanent ban. Lord […]
The energy regulator has struggled to explain how it can prevent disabled people being forced onto prepayment meters when it claims to have no powers to ensure power companies comply with the Equality Act. Ofgem said last week that it was […]
Disabled people’s organisations and allies have written to the prime minister to call for an immediate ban on energy companies forcibly installing pre-payment meters in the homes of disabled customers who have fallen into debt. The Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG) […]
The government and the energy industry have told disabled people whose lives depend on powered equipment in their homes to draw up their own back-up plans to protect themselves ahead of possible blackouts this winter. Both the government and the energy […]
The government’s advisers on accessible transport have told ministers they do not believe that their proposals for reforming the rail system will be enough to deliver an accessible railway. The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) says in its response to a public […]
Under-fire transport secretary Grant Shapps is refusing to say if he will apologise after misleading MPs about the government’s progress in installing life-saving tactile paving on railway platforms across the country. Shapps is already at the centre of a fierce political […]
Accessible transport campaigners have warned the government that it needs to make significant investment in removing physical access barriers, after ministers launched two new campaigns aimed mainly at improving staff and public attitudes to disabled passengers. Transport secretary Grant Shapps launched […]