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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]