Government hate crime action plan 2016
5 August 2016
The Government published their hate crime action plan for 2016, ‘Action against Hate: the UK government’s plan for tackling hate crime’ in July 2016.
The Government published their hate crime action plan for 2016, ‘Action against Hate: the UK government’s plan for tackling hate crime’ in July 2016.
On 7 July 2016, the Government published its Response to the House of Lords Select Committee Report on the Equality Act 2010’s impact on disabled people.
A report on the ‘Causes and motivations of hate crime’ was published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission on 29 July 2016.
‘Prejudice and unlawful behaviour, exploring levers for change’ was published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission on 29 July 2016.
The Environmental Audit Committee opened an inquiry into the domestic implication of the UK sustainable development goals in 2016. The deadline for making a submission was 16 September 2016.
The Scottish Government published a report, ‘New Perspectives on the Gender Pay Gap: Trends and Drivers’, in June 2016. The report explains the different measures of the pay gap, breaking it down by age, sector and occupation and considers how it has been changing over time.
The Equality and Diversity Forum made a submission to Bright Blue’s call for evidence in August 2016. The response focuses on the Human Rights Act and proposals for a British Bill of Rights.
Mind launched their campaign Life Support in 2016. The campaign aims to defend life support services which help many people with mental health problems live a full life and stay well.
The Law Society launched a campaign ‘End legal aid deserts’ in July 2016. The campaign calls for the government to urgently address the issue of areas without provision of housing legal aid.
Nathan Hudson-Sharp and Hilary Metcalf of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) published a report, ‘Inequality among lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender groups in the UK: a review of evidence’, in July 2016.