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 government should introduce a shorter route to permanent status for long-resident children with lower application fees that do not make a profit for the Home Office.
This is according to the State of Children’s Rights in England 2018 by the Children’s Rights Alliance for England.
The Scottish Government have published a progress report on work conducted with Police Scotland to review the availability of information on hate crime recorded by
‘Children in detention are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse’.
This is according to the February 2019 report from the Sexual Abuse of Children in Custodial Institutions. This report looks into the extent of any institutional failures to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation whilst in custodial institutions.
The 2017 Parliament is the most ethnically diverse on record;
yet this change in who our representatives are has not been
matched by changes in ethnic minority voting patterns.
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).
During 2018, the highest number of recorded incidents occurred in April and May, where there were 151 and 182 anti-Semitic incidents respectively.
This is according to the February 2019 report from the House of Commons Library on Antisemitism in modern society.
If we are to properly learn the lessons of the Lawrence Inquiry Report and its legacy, we need to focus on the institutions that continue to reproduce racial inequalities 20 years on.
This is according to the Runnymede Trust’s briefing on Stephen Lawrence Inquiry 20 years on (pdf), in February 2019.
The Police Scotland’s hate crime campaign 2019 focuses on people who work in the night time economy, for example taxi and private hire drivers. Research
