Scotland’s Prosecution Service published a report on hate crime in Scotland from 2015-16 on 10 June 2016. The report brings together figures on crime motivated by prejudice.
In June 2016, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child published its ‘Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’.
The Resolution Foundation published a report on disabled people and employment in June 2016. The report says that disabled people who have had more than a year out from the workforce are treated twice as harshly as their non-disabled counterparts.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) published a report on employment of disabled people in June 2016. Its analysis claims the government is “years behind schedule” in delivering its manifesto commitment to halve the employment gap between disabled and non-disabled people by 2020.
A new commission on representation of women in local government set up by the Fawcett Society published its first paper in June 2016, entitled The Northern Powerhouse: an analysis of women’s representation.
Rights Info published a plain English summary to the Immigration Act 2016 in June 2016.
The University Alliance published a report on the role of universities in reducing inequality in June 2016. It argues that the government’s ambitions for higher education will only be met if university leaders make tackling inequality a core part of their mission.
Carers UK published a report on building carer-friendly communities in June 2016. The research report, launched for Carers Week 2016, found that the life chances of many of the 6.5 million people in the UK who care, unpaid, for a disabled, older or ill family member or friend, are being affected by inadequate support from local services.
Fair Play South West co-hosted a meeting in Taunton (along with Unison and South West TUC) in May 2016, entitled ‘What has membership of the EU done for women?’
The Runnymede Trust published a report ‘Scotland and Race Equality: Directions in Policy and Identity’ in June 2016.
