Daily Archives: 28/02/2011

Minister defends decision to abolish ‘different era’ DPTAC

28/02/2011 – 11:35 am

A transport minister has described the government’s accessible transport advice body as “a creature from another era”, as he tried to justify the decision to abolish it.
Liberal Democrat Norman Baker was speaking as two members of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) were in north London to help him launch government reform of the [...]

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Blue badge reforms are ‘huge step forward’

28/02/2011 – 11:31 am

The government has announced major reforms of the blue badge parking scheme for disabled people – the first on such a scale since its launch 40 years ago.
Councils will be forced to use more independent mobility assessments – instead of asking GPs to assess applicants – of those who do not qualify automatically for a [...]

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