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• Court finds Benefits Cap unlawfully discriminates against disabled people’s carers

  Last updated: Array 26 Nov 2015

  The High Court has today ruled that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has unjustifiably indirectly discriminated against unpaid carers for disabled family members by failing to exempt them from the Benefits Cap. The Court upheld the Equality an ...

• EHRC Scotland report finds increased number of older people working past retirement and two-thirds living alone at risk of isolation

  Last updated: Array 26 Nov 2015

  An Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland report published today shows an increased number of Scots are working past retirement with over 9,000 men and women aged between 65-74 clocking up over 49 hours per week. The census analysis carried out by ...

• Commission comments on Christian advert being banned from cinemas

  Last updated: Array 23 Nov 2015

  Commenting in response to a Christian advert being banned from being shown in the cinema, a Commission spokesperson, said: “Freedom to hold a religion and freedom to express ideas are essential British values. We are concerned by any blanket ban on advert ...

• Commission responds to new Home Office figures on stop and search

  Last updated: Array 19 Nov 2015

  Responding to new Home Office figures on Stop and Search A Commission spokesperson said: “We welcome today’s figures from the Home Office showing a significant drop in the number of stops and searches with those against ethnic minorities dropping by two-t ...

• Commission comments on IFS report showing young are less wealthy than earlier generations

  Last updated: Array 19 Nov 2015

  Commenting in response to a report by the Institute of Fiscal Studies which reveals that today’s younger generation are in danger of being less wealthy than earlier generations, Laura Carstensen, Commissioner at the Equality and Human Rights Commission s ...

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