This all shows how pathetic the system is, with no one accepting accountability and leaving a very vulnerable person in, possible, great danger. All parties need to sort this out so it never happens again, ‘heads need to roll’.
A mother has told the BBC her daughter has been left “abandoned” outside her high school in South Lanarkshire because of transport failures.
The 11-year-old uses a wheelchair and is entitled to a taxi pick-up after each school day.
But her mother Lisa Harland said she has only been picked up twice this term and staff have not waited with her.
South Lanarkshire Council said pupils could wait inside the school if transport was unavailable.
However, Ms Harland said she had to leave work to pick up her daughter and found the school office shutters down.
Because the family live in Glasgow, the girl’s transport is organised by Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), and provided by Glasgow Taxis.
Ms Harland said she had called the taxi company and SPT but had been unable to find out who is in charge.
She said: “It doesn’t matter who…
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