Tag Archives: Equality and Human Rights Commission

Report recommends flexible hours for disabled people in the work place

Disability Rights UK blog post, 15 August 2017: Flexible hours would combat pay gap and increase disabled peoples job opportunities Offering flexible hours to all job applicants will help combat pay disparities and increase job opportunities for disabled people, according … Continue reading

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Disability report calls on the Welsh Government to place a national focus on disability equality

Equality and Human Rights Commission press release, 3 April 2017: Disability progress ‘littered with missed opportunities and failures’ Progress towards real equality for disabled people over the past twenty years is insufficient and ‘littered with missed opportunities and failures’. That’s … Continue reading

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EHRC launches inquiry into accessible housing

Equality & Human Rights Commission announcement, 14 Dec  2016: Inquiry into housing for disabled people On 14 December 2016 the Commission launched a formal inquiry on housing for disabled people. It will look at whether the availability of accessible and … Continue reading

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Equality watchdog to mirror UN inquiry into DWP’s rights violations

Disability news service article by John Pring, April 7, 2016: Equality watchdog to mirror UN inquiry into DWP’s rights violations The equality watchdog is to commission a major piece of research into whether the government’s welfare reforms have harmed the human … Continue reading

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Disabled peers lead fresh efforts to halt ‘offensive’ WRAG cut

Disability news service article, by John Pring, 4 March 2016: Disabled peers lead fresh efforts to halt ‘offensive’ WRAG cut Three disabled peers have led fresh efforts to halt government plans to cut £1,500 a year from hundreds of thousands … Continue reading

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Disability poverty rises

Disability poverty rose sharply in fourth year of coalition, by John Pring  on  July 3, 2015 in on Disability News Service The proportion of disabled people living in poverty rose sharply in the fourth year of the coalition government, according … Continue reading

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Share your views on the Human Rights Act

To accompany a Live debate on the Human Rights Act on 1 July 2015, the Guardian newspaper would like to hear your views. The Human Rights Act is derided by its critics as a “criminal’s charter” since it was introduced … Continue reading

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What are the main issues facing disabled people in the UK today?

A report has been published describing the progress being made to put the rights in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Disability Convention) into practice in the UK. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) … Continue reading

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Young people’s rights explained in plain English

A new online resource for children and young people – to learn about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has been launched. The Plain English factsheets and video animation will inspire young people (and others) to … Continue reading

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“Bedroom tax” hearing

The High Court this week is considering 10 claims being brought against the Government’s ‘Bedroom Tax’ that came into force on 1 April this year. The claims, made by a range of people affected by the Bedroom Tax, are being … Continue reading

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