The government has refused to explain why it has still not appointed six new commissioners to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
The EHRC board is operating with only a skeleton number of commissioners, more than a month after it was supposed to have appointed the new board members.
Among the commissioners yet to be replaced [...]
The panel set up to review a vital piece of equality legislation has been packed with Conservative and Liberal Democrat politicians, adding to fears of a new government assault on disabled people’s protection from discrimination.
The government also appears to have failed to include any disabled equality experts on the 11-strong review panel.
The review of the [...]
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