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Shelter campaign: Build more social housing

21 January 2019

‘The number of social homes being built is at its lowest for 70 years, and we face a chronic lack of housing that people can

The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 – A Rights-Based Approach to Social Security?

21 January 2019

‘[The Act’s] provisions are designed to reflect a rights-based approach to social security, which marks it out as an interesting departure from the legislative status

UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights call for input: expansion of the recognition, institutionalization and accountability framework for economic and social rights

16 January 2019

The Special Rapporteur released a report in 2016 which sets out the Recognition, Institutionalization and Accountability (RIA) Framework for realising economic and social rights. He

The Centre for Labour and Social Studies report: The Great British regression – Brexit and inequality

15 January 2019

‘The Brexit vote came in part as an outcome of the aforementioned inequalities’, says the December 2018 report (pdf) from the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) on Brexit and inequality.

Government white paper: Help Shape Our Future

19 December 2018

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.

Fair Play South West podcast: ‘Misogyny’ says UN Rapporteur

18 December 2018

Fair Play South West have launched the first episode of their podcast where they reflect on the reported comment by the UN Rapporteur on UK poverty that:

‘If you got a group of misogynists in a room, and said guys, how can we make this system work for men and not for women, they wouldn’t have come up with too many other ideas than what’s already in place’.

Bar Council report: Funding for Justice 2008 to 2018

13 December 2018

‘An under-resourced justice system imposes costs on society and damages economic welfare. Short-term savings may result in long-term burdens.’ This is according to a November

Race on the Agenda briefing: Brexit for BAME Britain – investigating the impact

12 December 2018

There is strong evidence that a ‘No Deal’ or ‘Hard’ Brexit would be the most damaging for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, women and those on low incomes with few qualifications.

This is from the November 2018 briefing from Race on the Agenda (ROTA) which looks at the implications of Brexit on BAME communities.

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights report: Being Black in the EU

10 December 2018

‘In the 21st century, there is no excuse for racial discrimination. Yet black people in the EU today are still victims of widespread and unacceptable levels of discrimination and harassment simply because of their skin colour’.

This is according to the November 2018 report (pdf) from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), which examines the experiences of nearly 6,000 black people in 12 European Union Member States.

Equality and Human Rights Commission research report: The cumulative impact on living standards of public spending changes

5 December 2018

Lone parent households lose more than any other demographic type in terms of final income in all three countries.

This is from the November 2018 report (pdf) from the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the impact of changes to public spending on protected groups in England, Scotland and Wales up to the tax year 2021 to 2022.

Category: Poverty and Exclusion

Shelter campaign: Build more social housing

The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 – A Rights-Based Approach to Social Security?

UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights call for input: expansion of the recognition, institutionalization and accountability framework for economic and social rights

Fair Play South West podcast: ‘Misogyny’ says UN Rapporteur

Bar Council report: Funding for Justice 2008 to 2018

Race on the Agenda briefing: Brexit for BAME Britain – investigating the impact

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