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EasyJet profits, while disabled passengers lose | Tanvi Vyas
The airline’s policies have repeatedly failed disabled people – its profit margins may come at too high a price When easyJet released its trading figures for the fourth quarter of 2011, it reported a 16.7% increase in revenue, taking pride in the fact that its confident financial performance bucked the trend of poor sales across other UK airline carriers.
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EasyJet profits, while disabled passengers lose | Tanvi Vyas
UK Uncut joins fight against welfare reform bill
Tax avoidance group forges alliance with disability campaigners in marked strategic shift to stage day of mass civil disobedience The direct action group UK Uncut has joined disability activists to plan civil disobedience against the welfare reform bill in London this weekend, which they say will bring chaos to the centre of the capital. Saturday’s action, billed as “hugely daring and disruptive” , is a shift for UK Uncut from previous action against alleged corporate tax avoiders, such as occupying stores run by Vodafone and the Arcadia retail group. It is forming alliances with campaigners against specific spending cuts it views as being, in part, the direct consequence of reduced tax receipts
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Audi apologies after turning away disabled driver
Audi mistakenly claimed its new sales order system meant it could no longer take sales orders from disabled customers I’m a paraplegic and, when buying a new car, am entitled to have the vehicle VAT exempt because it has to be adapted for me to drive. We live in a rural location with a young family and no public transport, and are totally dependent on a car. I currently have an Audi on a three-year contract with Audi Finance
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Audi apologies after turning away disabled driver
It saddens me to see young, vulnerable people having their lives made harder | Peter Halstead
As a teacher of young people with learning difficulties, I believe it’s a matter of conscience that their needs – and rights – are met Since graduating from university, I have worked in a further education college in inner London teaching students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities aged between 16 and 21.
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It saddens me to see young, vulnerable people having their lives made harder | Peter Halstead
I left the Conservative party over its attacks on disabled people | Ollie Flitcroft
Plans to replace disability living allowance amount to an assault on disabled people’s independence and equality Having been a member of the Conservative party since 1992 and a councillor from 2006, I decided to relinquish both of those positions in 2011. A big decision but one that I decided to make because of the government’s endless attacks on disabled people and their right to independence and full equality.
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I left the Conservative party over its attacks on disabled people | Ollie Flitcroft
Welfare reform bill delay blocked as coalition wins vote against amendment
House of Lords rejects Lady Grey-Thompson’s proposal for pilot scheme before disability allowance cuts are introduced The government fought off a fresh challenge to its controversial welfare reform bill on Tuesday night, when peers rejected a proposal to delay the full introduction of slashed new disability payments after ministers offered concessions. As the cabinet hardened its tactics by agreeing to overturn a series of defeats in the House of Lords last week, a cross-party group of peers failed to introduce a pilot scheme before a new regime for disability allowances can be fully introduced. Peers voted by 229 to 213, a government majority of 16, to reject an amendment tabled by Lady Grey-Thompson, one of Britain’s most successful disabled athletes, after the government warned her plan would cost £1.4bn.
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Welfare reform bill delay blocked as coalition wins vote against amendment
