‘Detaining an individual for reasons of immigration control is a deprivation of that person’s liberty’ says the March 2019 report (pdf) from the Home Affairs Committee.
This report details their key concerns with the current UK immigration detention system, specifically the treatment of vulnerable people in detention.
The University College London and Resolution Foundation have launched a research project to better inform UK policy.
Exploring Inequalities aims to combine research and evidence on inequality in the UK, with the aim of leading to informed and joined-up policy making.
The current legal framework in England does not guarantee the right to adequate housing and does not conform with international human rights standards.
This March 2019 report (pdf) from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) presents the lived experience of people who were affected by the fire at Grenfell Tower.
The Work and Pensions Committee published the government’s response (pdf) to its report on benefit sanctions, in February 2019. The government: accepts the recommendation to
We urge the UK Government to ensure that the disproportionate impact of domestic abuse on women is acknowledged in the statutory definition.
This is from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) update report on women’s rights and gender equality in 2018 (pdf).
Home Office data from 2018 showed a noticeable increase in hate crimes recorded by the police across all monitored strands.
This is according to the February 2019 report (pdf) from the APPG on hate crime.
‘The government must accept that self-regulation of social media has failed’ says the January 2019 report from Petitions Committee on online abuse and the experience of disabled people.
The Office for Budget Responsibility have published their welfare trends report for 2019 (pdf), in January 2019.
This report focuses on disability benefits – payments that contribute to the extra costs associated with daily living and mobility for people with disabling conditions.
The UK Statistics Authority published their recommendations on the content and conduct of the 2021 Census for England and Wales, as set out in the December 2018 white paper (pdf).
This includes the proposal that, for the first time, the census will be predominantly online.
Katharine Knox, our Head of Research and Policy Impact, reports on our recent seminar on legal reform of hate crime.
In EDF’s recent seminar on hate crime, participants identified a particular need for two things in hate crime law: parity and clarity. With a 17% increase in reported hate crime last year, and given the Law Commission’s review into hate crime law starting in 2019, we gathered experts together to consider the priorities for legal reform.
