Redbridge Council agrees to abide by ombudsman and compensate parents
Redbridge Council is to pay more than £11,000 to two families who complained about its treatment of their disabled sons,
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Southend Council to consider removing means testing for disabled facilities grants
Councillors are set to discuss plans to remove the need for means testing for grants of up to £6,000 for
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Ombudsman orders Waltham Forest Council to compensate family of disabled boy left without safe bathroom for years
Waltham Forest Council has been told to pay a family £1,000 in compensation after their disabled son was left without
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Redbridge Council challenges Ombudsman’s report on disabled boy’s education
Redbridge Council says it does “not accept all the recommendations” made by an ombudsman who ordered it to pay almost
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Ombudsman orders Redbridge Council to apologise to family of disabled schoolboy
Redbridge Council has been ordered to pay a family almost £10,000 after its failure meant a disabled 11-year-old received no
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Ombudsman orders Redbridge Council to pay compensation to disabled teenagers
Redbridge Council was ordered to pay a family £4,500 in compensation after failing to support two severely disabled Redbridge teenagers.
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Blue badge disparity for non visibly disabled in Havering
New data reveals a “shocking disparity” affecting disabled Havering residents applying for a Blue Badge. On August 30, 2019, England
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Quicker and easier Blue Badge renewal process launched
Essex County Council has launched a new, quicker process for residents to renew Blue Badges that are due to expire.
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Basildon Council implements £70 fine for illegal parking in disabled bays
People who unlawfully park in blue badge disabled bays could now be hit with a £70 fine after Basildon Council
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Benefits system lets down Southend’s disabled as hundred of refusals are overturned, says councillor
New figures show disabled people in Southend are struggling to get the help they need with hundreds of benefits refusals
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