Monthly Archives: November 2010

Europe’s disability strategy is ‘great step forward’

30/11/2010 – 11:29 am

Europe’s leading disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has welcomed the European Union’s (EU) new 10-year disability strategy as a “great step” for disabled people.
The European Disability Strategy was published this week by the European Commission and sets out to provide a “framework for action” at European and national level until 2020, including more than 160 “key [...]

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Taxicard cuts are ‘severe blow’ to disabled Londoners

29/11/2010 – 11:26 am

New cuts and fare increases across London’s Taxicard system will be a “severe blow” to the freedom and independence of thousands of disabled and older people and push them further into poverty, say campaigners.
London Councils (LC) – the organisation representing the capital’s local authorities – has told the 32 individual borough councils that take part [...]

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