Vikki Slade, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, has joined Whizz Kidz, the UK’s leading charity for young wheelchair users, at a parliamentary event calling for urgent reform of disabled bus pass legislation in England. Under current rules, disabled people are only guaranteed free bus travel between 9:30am and 11pm. While some Travel Concession Authorities extend these hours, many do not, creating a postcode lottery that prevents disabled people from accessing work, education

A DORSET MP is calling for funded school transport to be extended to 16 and 17-year-olds after concerns were raised by students at Purbeck School. MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, Vikki Slade, visited the school to meet students and see its new Purbeck Complex Communication Base, which supports SEND pupils. The full article can be read here .

Just two per cent of bicycle thefts in Dorset were solved last year, prompting Liberal Democrat MP Vikki Slade to call for tougher action and national support for police. New data from Dorset Police shows only 17 people were charged or summonsed out of 793 reported thefts across the county. Vikki Slade, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, said cycle theft is becoming “effectively decriminalised” and is backing a proposed national crackdown called “Operation Bike Bait.” Continu

The Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole joined South Western Railway managing director Lawrence Bowman at Wareham station...

Vikki Slade is urging the government to protect the bus fare cap amidst concerns of a 'bus tax.' Continue reading here.