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vaughan4nebeds
Jul 9, 20236 min read
Ticket Office closures – the truth behind the spin
On the 5th of July, the Rail Delivery Group announced a 21-day consultation exercise regarding their proposals to close just short of...
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vaughan4nebeds
Mar 26, 20234 min read
Who is standing up for prepayment meter households? An open letter
On 31st March, the pause in the installation of prepayment meters by warrant will end. The appalling treatment of prepayment meter...
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vaughan4nebeds
Feb 5, 20238 min read
Step-free project hits the buffers
Since we first started campaigning for step-free access at Biggleswade station I have sat in numerous meetings to discuss the many issues...
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vaughan4nebeds
Nov 24, 202210 min read
Who are the real winners and losers from Hunt’s ‘compassionate conservatism’?
The lengthy lead in to Jeremy Hunt’s 17th November Autumn Statement saw the ‘difficult decisions’ and ‘tough choices’ soundbites aired...
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vaughan4nebeds
Nov 12, 20227 min read
An Easter energy price shock looms for many
With the ‘Energy Price Guarantee’ (EPG) scheme now due to end on 31st March 2023, an energy price shock looms for many this coming...
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vaughan4nebeds
Nov 1, 202215 min read
Who will bear the burden of Sunak’s ‘difficult decisions’?
This blog sets out the budget policy changes that took place during and after the chaos of the Truss administration; it explores the...
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vaughan4nebeds
Aug 2, 202212 min read
The looming cost of living emergency
A very bleak winter looms for many across the UK, as the Tories become ever more detached from the lives of ordinary people. A...
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vaughan4nebeds
Jul 15, 20226 min read
Biggleswade station update – 15th July
This afternoon, representatives from Bedfordshire Rail Access Network (BRAN), Network Rail, GTR, Richard Fuller MP and Central...
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vaughan4nebeds
Jun 15, 20222 min read
Five years on from Grenfell
Five years on and still we are waiting for anyone to be held accountable. Why is it that the wheels of justice always turn so slowly, if...
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vaughan4nebeds
Mar 16, 20227 min read
Why we need more working-class voices in Parliament
The UK’s political system has some obvious democratic failings, perhaps the most prominent being the ‘first past the post’ voting system,...
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vaughan4nebeds
Jan 24, 20225 min read
An open letter on the need for a Hillsborough Law
Below is an open letter sent to my North East Bedfordshire MP Richard Fuller, setting out why a Hillsborough Law is urgently needed and...
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vaughan4nebeds
Jan 14, 202214 min read
Hillsborough – finally a catalyst for change?
The sheer scale of the tragedy of Hillsborough is difficult to comprehend, cutting across so many aspects of the relationship between the...
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vaughan4nebeds
Nov 26, 20216 min read
When will Labour stand up for a step-free railway?
Blaming the Victorians for a large percentage of our rail network being inaccessible to a significant proportion of the UK public is...
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vaughan4nebeds
Oct 13, 20215 min read
Covid Report – the treatment of people with disabilities
Whilst the purpose of the Health & Social Care Committee report (published on 12th October) into the government’s response to the...
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vaughan4nebeds
Apr 18, 20212 min read
Roads 1 Step-Free Access 0?
The government’s Levelling Up Fund prospectus published in March 2021 sets out how the Department for Transport (DfT), the Ministry for...
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vaughan4nebeds
Apr 4, 20218 min read
It’s time for a step-free Leagrave!
Since ‘Access for All’ funding for accessibility improvements to the UK rail network was introduced in 2006, around 200 stations have...
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vaughan4nebeds
Feb 28, 20218 min read
How the rail industry’s access map lost its way – and how to get it back on track
*** Update 5th March 2021 *** Following the publication of this blog Northern have been in touch and have now amended the descriptions of...
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vaughan4nebeds
Oct 26, 20202 min read
Stop Holiday Hunger – email to Richard Fuller MP
Dear Richard I am writing to you to express my dismay at your support of the government’s decision not to back the Labour amendment in...
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vaughan4nebeds
Jun 8, 20204 min read
Healing the scars of our colonial past
Many questions arise from the events in Bristol over the weekend. Should demonstrators have free rein to take part in criminal damage?...
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vaughan4nebeds
Jun 8, 20204 min read
Healing the scars of our colonial past
Many questions arise from the events in Bristol over the weekend. Should demonstrators have free rein to take part in criminal damage?...
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