Daily Archives: 12/06/2011

Supermarkets ignore government call to clamp down on bay abuse

Major supermarket chains have been criticised for failing to do more to stop the abuse of accessible parking bays, despite a government minister asking them to tackle the problem.
Liberal Democrat transport minister Norman Baker wrote to supermarkets earlier this year as part of government efforts to reform the system of disabled people’s blue parking badges.
He [...]

Panorama abuse scandal: Revelations ‘show little has changed’ since 1990s

The abuse of disabled people uncovered by a BBC investigation shows little has changed since the exposure of an even more horrific regime 17 years ago, say campaigners.
The undercover investigation revealed a catalogue of abuse at Winterbourne View, a private hospital for people with learning difficulties near Bristol.
But the Panorama programme was aired in the [...]