Daily Archives: 12/11/2011

Hate crime sentencing breakthrough

12/11/2011 – 9:00 am

Disabled activists have welcomed a campaigning breakthrough after the government agreed to correct a major disparity in the sentencing of disability hate crime murders.
Justice secretary Ken Clarke announced that the government would introduce amendments in the House of Lords to ensure that the “tariff” for disability-motivated murders would match that for other hate crime murders.
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Tube access ordeal raises new fears for London 2012

12/11/2011 – 9:00 am

A disabled businessman was pulled off a tube carriage in his wheelchair and told the underground network was “not accessible to wheelchair-users”, just minutes after being helped onto the carriage by station staff.
Adam Lotun had booked assistance through Transport for London’s helpline for his trip from Wimbledon station to Earl’s Court on the District line.
But [...]

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