Blind society takes fight to Parliament
Blind people from Spalding and Lincolnshire took their fight for equal mobility allowance to the Houses of Parliament.
A coach left Spalding bus station on Wednesday morning with more than 20 people from South Holland, Boston and Grantham representing the Royal National Institute for Blind People.
They were a small portion of the 1,500 people from across Britain who want the Government to raise their mobility allowance from 17.75 per week to 46.75, the same figure wheelchair users receive.
Once inside the Houses they listened to a series of speeches from members including MP for South Holland and the Deepings John Hayes, Boston MP Mark Simmonds, and blind MP David Blunkett.
More than 250 MPs have signed an Early Day Motion in support of the RNIB's campaign.
Albert Dalley, of West Pinchbeck, is registered blind and he took the journey with wife Dany as part of South Lincs Blind Society.
He said: "We are looking for a higher amount for the large number of blind people who are more or less prisoners in their own home – 17 will pay for one taxi ride to Spalding and back, once a week."
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