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Activists welcome disability commissioner’s decision to leave EHRC

By John Pring on 3rd November 2016 Category: Human Rights

Activists welcome disability commissioner’s decision to leave EHRC
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Disabled activists have welcomed the decision of the equality watchdog’s disability commissioner not to seek a second four-year term. The decision of Lord [Chris] Holmes was only revealed after the Department for Education (DfE), the sponsor department of the Equality and […]

Tory peer faces calls to quit as EHRC commissioner over support for WRAG cuts

By John Pring on 21st April 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Tory peer faces calls to quit as EHRC commissioner over support for WRAG cuts
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Disabled campaigners are calling for the resignation of the equality watchdog’s disability commissioner, the disabled Tory peer Lord [Chris] Holmes, after he voted in favour of disability benefit cuts when they had been condemned by his own organisation. The letter to […]

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