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Hooray- light dawning that council officers cannot improve health stats by themselves. It need not cost money and can save councils £££! @MerronSimpson @TheHCAlliance

Podcast out today >>> Blackpool Disability Forum presents its own resident’s review of disabled parking buzzsprout.com/1951991/episod… @CllrMelClose @GinaMillson

Thanks if you added your voice to yesterday’s Disability Forum at Holy Trinity South Shore. Podcast on the way ⁦@GedMills⁩ ⁦@CllrMelClose⁩ ⁦@TracyCtroy⁩

This issue ‘the most urgent and humbling in the constituency’ says local MP, podcast buzzsprout.com/1951991/episod… @GinaMillson

Today: disabled parking spaces ++ volunteer hospital transport ++ Disability Pride 2026 ++ hotpot for all #Blackpool

Latest report from Blackpool Disability Forum features @CllrMelClose asking what we all want to know: can blue badge drivers really park anywhere in town for free? buzzsprout.com/1951991/episod…

This afternoon we’ve been with friends and colleagues in Blackpool for the Disability Forum - discussing Blue Badge spaces, hospital transport & buses - and there was Ice cream !! Of course there was it’s the seaside !! 🍦 @povertytruthnet @DisabilityFirst

Listen: How do Blackpool’s disabled residents feel about the benefits debate? #welfarereform ⁦@CllrMelClose⁩ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

This is a country that can't build a new high speed railway line. Who on earth thinks we can safely provide an assisted suicide service?

Blackpool Disability Forum tomorrow ⁦@CllrMelClose⁩

Tomorrow: #DisabilityForum is meeting is at big central Sainsbury’s .. if you are concerned about cuts to disability benefits, we have expert advice on hand. Featuring ⁦@ChrisWebbMP⁩ comments on ⁦@ChoppersPodcast⁩

“It’s expensive keeping people poor. The vast NHS bill is exaggerated by the large amount of patients suffering from food poverty. Poverty destroys government budgets, undermining their effectiveness.” ⁦@johnbirdswords⁩ bigissue.com/news/politics/…

“Council tax debt collection is a nightmare system… vicious… aggressive… lives are destroyed…constituents treated worse than customers”. @martinslewis is pushing for change. Listen 1.39 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Here’s Belle, the only driver in her household. When she and husband Phil complained about disabled transport in #Blackpool, she set off a research project that took 18 months to complete. buzzsprout.com/1951991/episod… ⁦@CllrMelClose⁩

Research by @TransportCttee and @HealthwatchBpl confirms it: Disabled Transport isn’t working. New podcast buzzsprout.com/1951991/episod… @CllrMelClose

"Listening is ... acting". MP reports from our latest event with Shamir, Elise and the teens who've been bulllied at school in Blackpool. @ChrisWebbMP chriswebb.org/news/make-sure…

“We are hearing from people who wouldn’t be able to afford to travel to vital doctors’ and hospital appointments.” @BigIssue⁩ bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

Our usual Residents lunch tomorrow, all welcome #Blackpool

Too often, people with accessibility needs are being let down, and this needs to change. There needs to be an overhaul of UK transport’s regulatory system to ensure disabled people are protected from discrimination and can travel where and when they need to. Read our report 👇