The Law Society launched a campaign ‘End legal aid deserts’ in July 2016. The campaign calls for the government to urgently address the issue of areas without provision of housing legal aid.
Nathan Hudson-Sharp and Hilary Metcalf of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) published a report, ‘Inequality among lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender groups in the UK: a review of evidence’, in July 2016.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation published a report ‘Foreign-born people and poverty in the UK’ in July 2016. The report highlights that foreign-born people are at a higher risk of poverty than UK-born people, across a range of characteristics.
The Scottish Council of Jewish Communities published their report ‘What’s changed about being Jewish in Scotland’ in July 2016, highlighting the findings of their 2015 project.
A report into LGBT Londoners’ unmet needs, Still Out There, was published in July 2016. The research was carried out by Anglia Ruskin University and the report was produced by a partnership of LGBT organisations with funding from Trust for London.
