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• Commission raises serious concerns over shopping centre ban on disabled people

  Last updated: Array 04 Feb 2016

  Commenting in response to Grosvenor shopping centre in Macclesfield banning people with particular disabilities from using the Centre because they may not be able to escape in an emergency, Lord Holmes, Disability Commissioner at the Equality and Human Ri ...

• Commission launches online training kit to help schools unlock opportunity for disabled children

  Last updated: Array 04 Feb 2016

  The Equality and Human Rights Commission and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), have launched a new online training resource to help schools unlock opportunity and enable disabled children to reach their full potential. Statistics for attainment in ...

• Commission responds to Court of Appeal ruling that spare room subsidy is discriminatory against victims of domestic violence

  Last updated: Array 27 Jan 2016

  Commenting in response to today’s Court of Appeal ruling that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions acted unlawfully by failing to exempt victims of domestic violence living in safe-houses from the spare room subsidy, Rebecca Hilsenrath, CEO at the ...

• Commission comments on rise in number of deaths of mental health patients

  Last updated: Array 26 Jan 2016

  Commenting in response to new NHS figures that show a rise in the number of mental health patients dying unexpectedly in NHS care, a Commission spokesperson, said: “These figures reveal serious cracks in our systems of care for those with mental health co ...

• Commission welcomes MPs’ call for Government to help disabled election candidates

  Last updated: Array 25 Jan 2016

  Commenting in response to a group of cross-party MPs sending a letter to Government urging them to re-open a fund which gives disabled candidates help in standing for elected office, Lord Chris Holmes, Disability Commissioner at the Equality and Human Rig ...

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