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Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)

July 2024

  • Allan Marshall

    Family of Allan Marshall to sue prison service in Scotland over 2015 death in custody

    Police and Crown Office also to face legal action in bid to hold authorities accountable

May 2024

  • Sign outside Caxton House at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), on Tothill Street, London, UK<br>KCE20H Sign outside Caxton House at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), on Tothill Street, London, UK

    Inquiry to begin into DWP’s treatment of ill and disabled people on benefits

    Some eligibility decisions have been linked to deaths of vulnerable claimants, and EHRC will examine if ministers acted unlawfully

March 2024

  • Woman sitting on the sofa at home with a laptop on her lap. She is fanning herself with a piece of paper.

    ‘It’s about an attitude change’: Guardian readers on menopause support needed at work

    From a better understanding of menopause to flexible working, women share the measures that would really help

February 2024

  • A silhouette of a woman in an office with two co-workers.

    Employers must make ‘reasonable adjustments’ for women going through menopause

    EHRC says employers have ‘responsibility to protect staff going through menopause’ as two-thirds of women with symptoms acknowledge negative impact
  • Ben Smoke

    Shocked that Pontins put Irish Travellers on a secret blacklist? They’re far from the only ones

    Ben Smoke
    Acts of hatred against these groups are ‘regular as rain’. The widespread acceptance of them is Britain’s dirty secret, says journalist Ben Smoke
  • People leave a Pontins building in north Wales

    Pontins served ‘unlawful act notice’ over discrimination against Irish Travellers

    Equality watchdog forces holiday park operator into agreement after ‘undesirable guest’ list discovered

January 2024

  • Prospect said it had been calling for a review of the MoD’s bullying, harassment and victimisation policies since September 2022.

    Union reports MoD to watchdog over handling of sexual abuse allegations

    EHRC must decide whether to investigate if ministry failing to meet obligations after claims from dozens of female civil servants

December 2023

  • Peter Newsam in Thornton le Dale, near Pickering, North Yorkshire.

    Sir Peter Newsam obituary

    Pioneering educationist who expanded comprehensive schooling in London and went on to chair the Commission for Racial Equality

November 2023

  • A trans rights protest in Glasgow in 2017

    UK equality watchdog faces review after new complaint over trans stance

    Move could lead to EHRC losing its A status with global body and its right to participate at UN human rights council

October 2023

  • Kishwer Falkner speaking in the House of Lords in 2017

    Equalities watchdog ends investigation into complaints about its chairwoman

    Equality and Human Rights Commission calls halt after review of process into how complaints against Kishwer Falkner were handled
  • An anti-racism march in London last year to express support for refugees as part of the UN’s Anti-Racism Day.

    UK equality watchdog refuses to allow staff to speak up on race, tribunal hears

    Preeti Kathrecha is suing Equality and Human Rights Commission alleging unfair dismissal and race discrimination
  • A placard at the Million People march from Notting Hill to Hyde Park in August 2020 reads ‘Racism is the real pandemic’

    Former race lead sues EHRC for race discrimination

    Exclusive: former staff member at equality watchdog says she was vilified, silenced and punished for speaking up on race

September 2023

  • Ruby Williams

    Children in Britain are being denied an education because of their natural hair. This World Afro Day, let’s change that

    Ruby Williams
    I fought my school for the right to wear the hair I was born with. Now I work as an ambassador for change, says BSc student Ruby Williams

August 2023

  • A disabled door button

    Ministers’ failures mean disabled people in UK face growing poverty risk – report

    Watchdog says little progress made on recommendations of 2016 report that said government violated disabled people’s rights

July 2023

  • A still image from footage of Kishwer Falkner speaking in the Lords in 2017

    UK equality watchdog restarts inquiry into bullying claims against chair

    Equality and Human Rights Commission paused investigation into Kishwer Falkner after media leaks
  • A woman walks past a piece of street art depicting an NHS worker in east London, April 2020.

    Michael Gove claims work for no-deal Brexit made UK ‘match fit’ for pandemic

    Levelling up minister strongly denied work to leave EU hindered readiness for crisis at Covid inquiry
  • Kishwer Falkner speaking in the House of Lords Chamber

    Clarify Equality Act to better distinguish sex and gender, EHRC chair tells MPs

    Kishwer Falkner tells MPs current law has lack of clarity, and outdated terminology should be removed

June 2023

  • Daniel Korski said ‘I have decided, with a heavy heart, to withdraw from the Conservative mayoral contest.’

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Daniel Korski pulls out of race to be Tory candidate for London mayor, blaming ‘false’ groping claim – as it happened

    TV producer Daisy Goodwin accused Tory hopeful of groping her a decade ago
  • Sonia Sodha

    How did NHS body get the law so badly wrong over its rules on same-sex care?

    Sonia Sodha
    New healthcare guidance could deny female patients their legitimate rights. It should be withdrawn
  • Kishwer Falkner speaking in the House of Lords

    EHRC discord deepens after inquiry into complaints against chair paused

    Staff and observers fear UK equality watchdog ‘politicised as never before’ as ministers and press allies rally behind under-fire chair
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