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Transport Minister asked questions about Blue Badge by Annette Brooke MP

Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, yesterday asked Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Norman Baker about national guidelines for blue badges during Transport Oral Questions. Annette asked the question as she currently has difficulty walking and getting in and out of cars following an accident. It is not presently possible to get temporary blue badges, and Annette asked what the Government and local authorities could do in the future to address this problem.

20 Oct 2012
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Ian Swales MP continues ME fight

Ian Swales MP for Redcar is continuing his campaign on behalf of ME sufferers by hosting a drop-in event for MPs and Peers today in Parliament. The event, in conjunction with the charity Action for ME, will give Parliamentarians the chance to learn more about the condition and to meet some people affected by the disease.

16 May 2012
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Iain Duncan Smith says that disability benefits reform are needed.

Planned changes to disability benefits will go ahead, the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said, insisting that reform is needed. It has emerged half a million people are to lose the Disability Living Allowance over the next four years. But Mr Duncan Smith told the Daily Telegraph the number of people claiming it had risen by 30% in recent years, with many people "allowed to fester". Labour said he was approaching reform with "contempt and carelessness".

15 May 2012
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Blue Badge holders, are targetted by Labour run Redcar and Cleveland Council

Redcar and Cleveland Labour Run Council have announced that they are considering charging all disabled blue badge holders to park in all council run off street car parks. Of those 25 car parks, there are 79 bays that are specifically marked for disabled badge holders only. All residents who hold blue badges were notified of this possible change by letter today (14th May 2012).

15 May 2012
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Parents to control special needs budgets.

Parents are to be given more financial control over support for children with special educational needs, in a major shake-up of the system in England. The government says it wants to push ahead with proposals announced last year that parents should have a "personal budget" for their children. The changes could also see fewer children in the special needs category.

15 May 2012
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