Court of Appeal decision on ‘bedroom tax’ challenge
3 March 2014
On 21 February 2014, the Court of Appeal ruled that the Government’s new housing benefit regulations are lawful.
On 21 February 2014, the Court of Appeal ruled that the Government’s new housing benefit regulations are lawful.
The Joint Committee on Human Rights published its second legislative scrutiny report on the Immigration Bill on 3 March 2014.
In February 2014, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published two research reports which look into issues surrounding caste in Britain.
In February, the Scottish Government published its Equality Evidence Strategy 2014 which intends to build on the 2013 Strategy and improve the Equality Evidence website.
A report from the UN Special Rapporteur outlines findings from a visit to the UK in 2013 to examine the realization of the right to adequate housing in the United Kingdom in light of international human rights standards.
UKREN has constructed a web site especially for the European Parliament elections to share information on NGO activities, policy papers about the elections and communication materials, with race equality as the focus.
‘The state decides who I am. Lack of legal gender recognition for transgender people in Europe’ was published by Amnesty International in 2014.
A Race Equality Foundation Briefing Paper, ‘The Housing Conditions of Minority Ethnic Households in England’, was published in January 2014.
An EU funded project, ‘Restorative justice in cases of domestic violence: Best practice examples between increasing mutual understanding and awareness of specific protection needs’, was launched in March 2014.
‘Counting the Cuts’ by Dr Simon Duffy, Director of the Centre for Welfare Reform, was published in February 2014.