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Disabled people’s rights to independent living eroded, equality bodies warn UN
Last updated: 23 August 2017
As health and social care budgets are slashed, disabled people’s right to independent living is being continually eroded, the UK’s equality and human...
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Impact: Effective and efficient use of our powers from 2016 to 2018
Last updated: 8 October 2018
This short report sets out our major achievements from 2016 to 2018.
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Disability progress ‘littered with missed opportunities and failures’
Last updated: 10 April 2017
Progress towards real equality for disabled people over the past twenty years is insufficient and 'littered with missed opportunities and failures'.
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Being disabled in Britain: a journey less equal (2017)
Last updated: 3 April 2017
This is a review into disability inequality in Great Britain. It builds on our statutory five-yearly report on equality and human rights progress in England, Scotland and Wales, Is Britain Fairer?.
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Commission calls for a full-scale review of the UK’s hate crime strategy
Last updated: 12 July 2016
A full-scale review of the UK’s hate crime laws and strategies is needed as part of a new national drive to defeat the dramatic rise in race hate...
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Britain’s leading employers unite to end pregnancy discrimination in workplaces
Last updated: 20 May 2021
The country’s biggest businesses are leading the fight against pregnancy and maternity discrimination that affects around 390,000 pregnant women and...
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Care agency investigated over pre-employment health questions
Last updated: 20 June 2019
We have launched an investigation into the care agency Elite CarePlus Ltd, after receiving evidence that it was asking pre-employment health questions...
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Business leaders must prove they’re taking action on ending sexual harassment
Last updated: 4 December 2017
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to Chairs of the FTSE 100 saying it will take legal action where there is evidence of systemic...
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Asylum seekers in Britain unable to access healthcare
Last updated: 5 December 2018
Cost and fears about how they will be treated, or consequences for their immigration status, are preventing people seeking or refused asylum from...
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Crime and disabled people report
Last updated: 19 August 2021
Report updating the Commission's research findings on crime and disabled people.