‘Enforcement is key on Equality Act’
Lawyers, campaigners, peers and academics have spoken of how disabled people can find it almost impossible to enforce their rights
Lawyers, campaigners, peers and academics have spoken of how disabled people can find it almost impossible to enforce their rights
The government has appointed a commercial lawyer to chair the equality and human rights watchdog, despite MPs raising serious concerns
Continue reading‘Conflict of interest’ lawyer to chair EHRC, as minister ignores MPs’ concerns
The government has told the equality watchdog that it plans to slash its budget again, even though the financial year
Continue readingGovernment set to slash equality watchdog’s budget… again
Hundreds of thousands of disabled people are living in destitution, the first piece of research to look at extreme poverty
Continue readingHundreds of thousands of disabled people in ‘destitution’, research suggests
Disabled campaigners are calling for the resignation of the equality watchdog’s disability commissioner, the disabled Tory peer Lord [Chris] Holmes,
Continue readingTory peer faces calls to quit as EHRC commissioner over support for WRAG cuts
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has proposed scrapping two benefit regulations that offer vital protection to disabled people