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Portas high street review ‘is making life harder for access campaigners’

31/01/2013 – 11:27 am

A review by the government’s “high street tsar”, Mary Portas, has made it even harder to secure access improvements to local shops for disabled people, according to a leading access consultant.
Tracey Proudlock has been trying for more than three months to discuss her concerns with Portas, but has so far had no response.
Last year, the [...]

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Remploy factories have no place in modern world, says disabled MP

24/03/2012 – 9:00 am

A disabled MP has backed the government’s decision to withdraw funding from the remaining sheltered factories run by Remploy.
The government announced last week that 36 of the 54 Remploy factories across the UK would close by the end of 2012, with the loss of more than 1,500 disabled people’s jobs, while there would be further [...]

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