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Commission highlights
Last updated: 21 December 2015
With the festive season upon us and the year drawing to a close, it’s fitting to look back over the last 12 months and reflect on our achievements.
I...
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An agenda for equality and mental health
Last updated: 16 May 2016
Reducing stigma and discrimination in mental health seems to have moved from an edgy radical notion in the 1990s to top policy priority today. People...
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Race inequalities in the criminal justice system
Last updated: 29 November 2016
This month saw the release of emerging findings from the Lammy Review, an investigation into the treatment of ethnic minorities in the criminal...
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Bedroom tax: success and failure for disabled people at the Supreme Court
Last updated: 30 November 2016
The ‘bedroom tax’, a cut in housing...
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The importance of child rights education after Brexit
Last updated: 2 December 2016
There has never been a more important time to educate and empower the next generation with knowledge about their rights.
Children and young people...
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Challenges to equality in Britain
Last updated: 19 December 2016
2016 has been a tumultuous year that will affect our country for decades to come. The UK Government is currently considering how to negotiate our exit...
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Prioritising our legal work
Last updated: 12 April 2017
As a lawyer it was inevitable that, on being appointed as Chair, I would be keen for the Commission to focus more on the use of its legal powers. I...
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Is making all jobs flexible realistic?
Last updated: 24 August 2017
Fact: fewer than 1 in 10 job adverts mention flexible working.
More facts: 8.7 million full-time workers want flexible arrangements, 1.5 million part...
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Race inequality in the criminal justice system demands a comprehensive strategy
Last updated: 8 September 2017
Last November, the Lammy Review released its preliminary findings into the treatment and representation of ethnic minorities in the criminal justice...
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No more boys and girls?
Last updated: 16 October 2017
In recent weeks, everybody has been talking about gender. There was the National Trust property selling ‘future footballer’s wife’ hats for girls, and...