Plans to raise access to bus stops and Tube stations
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.
9 Jan 2013
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Elaine Kennedy, 42, Fights PCT’s Attempt To Put Her In Nursing Home Because Of MS
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.
9 Jan 2013
Hardest Hit comments on 13 December 2012 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) announcement
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".
8 Jan 2013
Benefit cuts to hit disabled
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.
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8 Jan 2013
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6 Jan 2013
£40 million Extra for Home Adaptation Grants
Submitted by editor on Wed, 12/12/2012 - 11:53
6 Jan 2013