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Tracey Agyeman – EDF Network Coordinator – gives an update on our Equality and Human Rights Framework.
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Tracey Agyeman – EDF Network Coordinator – gives an update on our Equality and Human Rights Framework.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is calling for the Government to end the freeze on support for housing costs, and uprate Housing Benefit in line with local rents.

Very significant differences in typical incomes and employment between ethnicities remain, finds an August 2017 briefing by the Resolution Foundation.
The Scottish Government has published a July 2017 consultation paper asking for views on how public authorities can meet the requirements of the new socio-economic duty.

It is time to look again at Personal Independence Payment (PIP), finds a July 2017 report by the National AIDS Trust.

Living with a disability or long-term condition like HIV increases the risk of financial exclusion and can have a significant impact on finances, finds a July 2017 report by the National AIDS Trust.

In June 2017, the House of Commons Library published a briefing paper with key statistics on ethnic minority representation in Parliament, the civil service and
Protecting workers’ rights is key to preventing modern slavery. And a significant proportion of workers’ rights in the UK stem from EU law, warns a July 2017 briefing by the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group.
The Centre for Culture and Disability is reviewing books about the literary and cultural representation of impairment and disability, as well as those that represent impairment and disability.

The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has announced new proposals to streamline and de-medicalise the process for changing gender. A consultation on the Gender Recognition Act 2004 will be launched in Autumn 2017.