The spending review

The cost of bureaucracy

As I said in my last blog entry, I was due to contest a parking ticket that I was disputing, and which I expected to win. My date with the adjudicator was last week. I came out of the hearing only half-smiling. The lawyer who was adjudicating concluded that he could not deem the issue [...]

April 18th, 2011|Categories: Access, Changing attitudes, Empathy, Inclusion, The spending review, The urban environment|Tags: access, attitude, attitudes, change attitudes, changing attitudes, empathy, inclusion, inclusive, spending review|

Dave’s attitude reveals that changing attitudes is the priority

Most people agree that the true sign of a modern and civilized society can be seen in the way that it treats those that are “weakest”. Social welfare, even in times of austerity, should ensure that the “weakest” do not slip through the net. For disabled people, the holes in the net have just got [...]

October 25th, 2010|Categories: Changing attitudes, Inclusion, The spending review|Tags: attitudes, changing attitudes, David Cameron, disability, Disability Living Allowance, DLA, empathy, Employment and Support Allowance, ESA, spending review|