Equalities – how the ‘General Duty’ was saved
It was fitting that, on the 20th anniversary of the death of Stephen Lawrence, the government decided to listen to campaigners and save a key element of our equalities laws.
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8 May 2013
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Abuse of wheelchair users on trains revealed
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Fraudster ATOS fined for supplying fake crip detectors for use in fitness for work tests
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Disabled face losing homes under benefit cutbacks
Some of Britain's most vulnerable disabled people could be forced out of their homes and into institutionalised care because of cuts to carers' allowances, Government papers show.
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EMLD victory as equality law is saved
Campaigning by EMLD and equalities experts has led to the government listening and dropping a plan to axe a key element of equalities law.
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