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Network Rail installs new £700,000 footbridge that is inaccessible to wheelchair-users

By John Pring on 2nd February 2023 Category: Transport

Network Rail installs new £700,000 footbridge that is inaccessible to wheelchair-users
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Accessible transport campaigners have expressed shock and alarm at the decision of Network Rail to install an “innovative” railway footbridge that is completely inaccessible to many disabled people. Network Rail described the opening of the prototype bridge (pictured) as a “major […]

Buckingham Palace refuses to release figures on disabled staff

By John Pring on 1st July 2021 Category: Employment

Buckingham Palace refuses to release figures on disabled staff
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Buckingham Palace has refused to publish figures showing how many of its employees are disabled people, despite publishing similar figures for minority ethnic staff. The royal household’s annual report and accounts, published last week, show that 8.5 per cent of its […]

Campaigners welcome resignation of ‘progressive eugenics’ journalist

By John Pring on 11th January 2018 Category: Education

Campaigners welcome resignation of ‘progressive eugenics’ journalist
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Campaigners have welcomed the decision of a controversial right-wing writer and free schools advocate to resign from the board of the government’s new higher education watchdog, and say he should never have been appointed. Toby Young’s resignation came just hours after […]

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