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Eight Premier League clubs set to break promises on access, MPs hear

By John Pring on 26th May 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Eight Premier League clubs set to break promises on access, MPs hear
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At least eight Premier League football clubs are set to break their promises to meet decent standards on access for disabled supporters in time for next August’s deadline, MPs have been told. Joyce Cook, chair of the user-led charity Level Playing […]

Disabled coach faces IDS bedroom tax appeal… as PM recognises his volunteering

By John Pring on 21st August 2015 Category: Housing

Disabled coach faces IDS bedroom tax appeal… as PM recognises his volunteering
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A disabled football coach has been recognised by the prime minister with a national volunteering award, even though that work is threatened by a legal battle over the “bedroom tax” with work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith. Lifelong Liverpool fan […]

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