Weekly News Round Up
Our weekly round up from Disability News Service with stories and articles from the national press.
Call for ‘urgent intervention’ from regulators to stop rail ticket office closures
Headlines this week:
- Disabled activists vow fightback as nearly 1,000 rail ticket offices set to close
- Government criticised again over lack of proper engagement with disabled people
- Call for ‘urgent intervention’ from regulators to stop rail ticket office closures
- Royal households refuse to release data on disabled staff
- Rare DWP success sees long waits for new PIP claimants plummet
- Government scraps plans to improve accessible housing scheme
- Legalising assisted suicide ‘would mean state endorsing NHS-funded deaths’
- Watchdog agrees to review guidance after by-election hustings access concerns
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He launched DNS in April 2009 to address the absence of in-depth reporting in both the specialist and mainstream media on issues that affect the lives of disabled people.