Daily Archives: 11/03/2012

Councils are ‘blocking funding for disabled students’

11/03/2012 – 9:00 am

Local authorities are preventing young disabled people from attending university, by refusing to offer them the care and support they need, MPs and peers have heard.
Members of the all party parliamentary group for young disabled people were hearing evidence on barriers to higher education.
Representatives of charities, local government and the National Union of Students (NUS) [...]

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Minister steps back from new scooter laws

11/03/2012 – 9:00 am

The government appears to have backed away from introducing new laws that could have forced users of mobility scooters and powered wheelchair to take out insurance, undergo training and take proficiency tests.
Two years ago, the previous government launched a consultation on possible reforms aimed at modernising the law on mobility vehicles.
The consultation document pointed to [...]

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