Voices
5th December 2023 by Lauren James
3 months it took, 3 months for reasonable adjustments to be made at my most recent job. Section 20 of the Equality Act 2010 calls for changes or adjustments to be made to ensure you can access the work environment if you’re disabled. (I would have pasted here the Act’s exact words but ironically the […]
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26th September 2023 / 3rd October 2023 by Lauren James
This weekend, I travelled to Chichester to meet friends. As most disabled people do, I researched my journey options thoroughly and bought a return ticket from my home city of Leicester from the ticket office on Friday. Due to my condition, MS, I don’t know if I’m going to be well enough to travel, so […]
News
1st September 2023 / 26th September 2023 by Lauren James
Carla Denyer, MP candidate for Bristol Central and co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, has urged residents to make clear their objections to the closure of ticket offices before the public consultation ends at midnight tonight [Friday 1 September]. The three-week consultation has been over proposals to close most of England’s 1,000 […]
6th July 2023 / 22nd August 2023 by Lauren James
Responding to a consultation on the closure of ticketing offices at all rail stations, Green Party Transport spokesperson Matt Edwards said: “Any decision to close station ticket offices would be another short-sighted decision by a government that does not care about people who use public transport to get around.” Edwards, who is also Leader of […]
21st January 2023 / 22nd August 2023 by Lauren James
Outrage after outrage seems to follow every move by our current government. As they continue to smash the NHS into thousands of disparate pieces, and fail to protect the environment or workers’ rights, they also leave us all to the mercies of a badly regulated and dysfunctional energy market. Whilst pressures on all of us […]
29th October 2021 / 22nd August 2023 by Lauren James
The Green Party has become the only major political party to support free social care for all adults who need it in England, following an “overwhelming” vote at its annual conference. The party said the proposals would put social care “on a par with the NHS”. The policy motion (see page 112) passed by party members calls […]
