Daily Archives: 01/04/2012

Mayor’s staff refuse manifesto delivered by disabled campaigners

Staff working for London’s mayor have refused to accept a manifesto of demands for improvements to public transport that was delivered to his offices by disabled campaigners.
Staff and volunteers from Transport for All (TfA), which campaigns for accessible transport for disabled and older Londoners, tried to deliver the manifesto to the Conservative mayor, Boris Johnson, [...]

Johnson leaves platform open to mayoral rivals

The three leading candidates seeking to replace Boris Johnson as mayor of London have laid out policies on accessible transport, disability hate crime and affordable housing in a bid to attract the votes of disabled Londoners.
Johnson caused anger among the audience by failing to turn up to the “hustings” event – organised by the user-led [...]