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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Neil Lancefield

EXPLAINED: Treatment of disabled transport users is national embarrassment | Rare Historical Photos

A report by the Transport Select Committee found a ‘substantial gap’ between the rights of disabled transport users and their daily experience -

Disabled people are being treated as “ second-class citizens” on the country’s transport services, in what an MP says “should be a source of national embarrassment”.

A report by the Commons’ Transport Select Committee found a “substantial gap” between the rights of disabled transport users and their daily experience and “far too great a burden” is placed on an individual to hold operators and authorities to account for not fulfilling their duties.

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