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Watchdog confirms Grenfell breached human rights laws
Last updated: 13 March 2019
Local authorities and public services failed their human rights obligations to protect life and provide safe housing, we have confirmed in a report...
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Single mothers, black families and disabled people will lose out in tax and spending plans
Last updated: 18 March 2019
Female lone parents, black families, severely disabled people and families with more than three children will lose out the most in terms of household...
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People’s life chances increasingly restricted by their postcode
Last updated: 9 May 2019
Fairness and equality is a stark postcode lottery in England with those living in the North East, North West and West Midlands often being far worse...
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School forced to reinstate and apologise for discrimination of disabled pupil
Last updated: 4 September 2019
The parents of a pupil living with ADHD and sensory processing difficulties have successfully won a case against their child’s independent prep school...
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Universities oblivious to scale of racial abuse on campus
Last updated: 23 October 2019
Our inquiry report Tackling racial harassment: universities challenged has revealed that with racial harassment occurring at an alarmingly high rate...
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Manders win race adoption case
Last updated: 6 December 2019
Berkshire based adoption agency found to have discriminated against a British born couple of Sikh Indian heritage.
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New guidance calls for employers to step up and protect staff from harassment
Last updated: 14 January 2020
As the Equality Act enters its second decade, employers are being given support in protecting their workforces in the shape of new guidance published...
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Health Secretary faces legal challenge for failing patients with learning disabilities and autism
Last updated: 12 February 2020
Today we have launched a legal challenge against the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care over the repeated failure to move people with...
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Public Sector Equality Duty: enhancing equality in education in Scotland
Last updated: 5 March 2020
The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and the Equality and Human Rights Commission have today, 5 March 2020, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
What you can do if you think an organisation has not made reasonable adjustments
Last updated: 22 March 2016
Guidance for disabled service users on what to do if an organisation has not made reasonable adjustments