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Seven supermarket chains have introduced inaccessible fridges in their stores, say disabled shoppers

By John Pring on 21st November 2024 Category: Independent Living

Seven supermarket chains have introduced inaccessible fridges in their stores, say disabled shoppers
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Disabled people from across the country have raised concerns about how seven major supermarket chains have introduced inaccessible fridges to stock fresh food in their stores. Disabled shoppers have highlighted stores run by Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, which […]

Campaign calls for supermarkets to scrap delivery charges

By John Pring on 15th April 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Campaign calls for supermarkets to scrap delivery charges
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Disabled campaigners are calling on supermarkets to scrap their delivery charges, to help disabled people and others who have seen food costs rise sharply during the pandemic. They are asking the chief executives of the seven supermarkets that have provided priority […]

Minister praises retailers facing discrimination class action from disabled shoppers

By John Pring on 4th September 2020 Category: Independent Living

Minister praises retailers facing discrimination class action from disabled shoppers
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A minister has praised supermarkets for the actions they took to support disabled shoppers during the pandemic, despite them facing a mass legal action for disability discrimination. Victoria Prentis, junior minister at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, repeatedly […]

Coronavirus: Tesco ‘opens priority home deliveries to disabled shoppers’

By John Pring on 28th May 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Tesco ‘opens priority home deliveries to disabled shoppers’
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More than 350 disabled people have secured the right to be added to a supermarket’s priority shopping list, in the first success of what is believed to be the biggest legal class action of its kind. Tesco also appears to have […]

Coronavirus: Industry brushes off EHRC concerns over discrimination by supermarkets

By John Pring on 14th May 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Industry brushes off EHRC concerns over discrimination by supermarkets
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Retailers have brushed off a call from the equality watchdog for supermarkets to ensure that disabled people can shop for food and other essentials during the pandemic crisis. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said a mass legal action being […]

Coronavirus: MPs hear of disabled people’s struggle to survive pandemic

By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coronavirus: MPs hear of disabled people’s struggle to survive pandemic
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Disabled people have described how they have been abandoned by the UK government, local authorities, and the supermarket giants, as they struggle to survive during the pandemic crisis. Their descriptions of their experiences over the last two months are included in […]

Coronavirus: Supermarkets face ‘biggest class action of its kind’ over discrimination claims

By John Pring on 23rd April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Supermarkets face ‘biggest class action of its kind’ over discrimination claims
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More than 200 disabled people have signed up for a class action against UK supermarkets over allegations that they have discriminated against them during the coronavirus crisis, in what is believed to be the biggest legal case of its kind. So […]

Coronavirus: UK and Welsh governments fall short on food delivery details

By John Pring on 16th April 2020 Category: Politics

Coronavirus: UK and Welsh governments fall short on food delivery details
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The UK and Welsh governments have been able to give only the vaguest of promises on how they are tackling the risk that hundreds of thousands of disabled people could be left unable to secure food and other groceries during the […]

Coronavirus: Government could face legal action over food delivery fears

By John Pring on 2nd April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Government could face legal action over food delivery fears
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The government could face legal action if it does not reconsider its strategy on how to ensure the delivery of vital groceries and food to disabled people, it has been warned by a leading disabled people’s organisation. Disability Rights UK (DR […]

Coronavirus: Blind Baptist minister fears disabled people could be left to starve

By John Pring on 2nd April 2020 Category: Human Rights

Coronavirus: Blind Baptist minister fears disabled people could be left to starve
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A leading disabled Baptist minister fears that many disabled people could be left to starve to death because of the failure of the government and supermarkets to ensure they have a way to buy food during the coronavirus crisis. The Rev […]

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