Daily Archives: 30/03/2011

Budget’s Equality Act decision ‘is further setback on rights’

The government’s decision not to go ahead with key new anti-discrimination laws is another serious attack on disability rights, say campaigners.
The chancellor, George Osborne, announced in his budget speech that the government would not be introducing the “costly” dual discrimination rules that were set to be introduced through Labour’s Equality Act.
The clauses would have allowed [...]