Leading Paralympians hit out last night at what they felt was double standards in the New Year Honours list in which multi-gold-medal-winning Paralympians missed out on the highest gongs.
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Up to £18m is to be invested in step-free access at 95% of London's bus stops by 2016, Transport for London (TfL) has said.
Readers, I've heard lots of terrible stories of the cuts 'getting personal' over the last few years.This one is one of the worst. I am a disabled young adult and if I was in this situation, I would have exactly the same feelings that Mrs Kennedy has.
The Hardest Hit, a coalition of over 90 disabled people's organisations and disability charities, including the MS Society, RNIB and Mencap, has condemned the Government's decision to press ahead with a £2 billion cut to vital support provided by DLA/PIP. Today's statement by the Government on the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) regulations is "crushingly bad news".
Some of the most severely disabled people in Britain will be more than £150 a year worse off because of George Osborne's benefit changes, despite the Chancellor's pledge to "support the vulnerable", it was claimed last night.
