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Coronavirus: Industry brushes off EHRC concerns over discrimination by supermarkets

By John Pring on 14th May 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Industry brushes off EHRC concerns over discrimination by supermarkets
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Retailers have brushed off a call from the equality watchdog for supermarkets to ensure that disabled people can shop for food and other essentials during the pandemic crisis. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said a mass legal action being […]

Election 2019: Lib Dems fail to explain disability omissions… and snub disabled members

By John Pring on 21st November 2019 Category: Politics

Election 2019: Lib Dems fail to explain disability omissions… and snub disabled members
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The Liberal Democrats have refused to explain why they have omitted disabled people from key measures in their equalities manifesto. The equalities manifesto includes measures that address discrimination in the workplace, the criminal justice system and education, but they focus on […]

Disability inequality is widening and risks becoming ‘entrenched’, says EHRC

By John Pring on 25th October 2018 Category: Human Rights

Disability inequality is widening and risks becoming ‘entrenched’, says EHRC
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Disabled people are becoming increasingly excluded in many areas of their lives and are in danger of becoming “trapped in disadvantage”, a major report by the equality and human rights watchdog has concluded. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says […]

Average pay rates fell seven times faster for disabled employees during coalition years

By John Pring on 6th April 2017 Category: Employment

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New figures show average pay rates for disabled people fell seven times faster than those for non-disabled people during the five years of the coalition government. The figures were produced for Being Disabled In Britain, a major review of disability inequality […]

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