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On 1 October 2007 the three equality commissions merged into the new Equality and Human Rights Commission:
Commission for Racial Equality (CRE)
Disability Rights Commission (DRC)
Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC)
The websites of these commissions have also been incorporated into the new Equality and Human Rights Commission website
News
27/09/2007 - Institutional discrimination is still rife within the NHS because of the lack of central leadership Click here to read the full press release- 26/09/2007 - A disabled woman who was subjected to “overt and aggressive” behaviour when she tried to use a tea-shop has been awarded £4,500 in compensation by Yeovil County Court. Click here to read the full press release
- 17/09/2007 - Legislation aimed at tackling institutional discrimination in public services will be fatally weakened if Government proposals to streamline equality laws go ahead, the Disability Rights Commission’s Chairman said today. Click here to read the full press release
- 15/08/2007 - Chairman of the DRC, Sir Bert Massie said in response today:
“The most important point from the C Click here to read the full press release
- 17/07/2007 - The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) is reconvening an independent inquiry to probe the Department Click here to read the full press release
27/06/2007 - Key guidance for the post-16 education sector has just been launched - aimed at reducing inequalities experienced by disabled students. Click here to read the full press release- 20/06/2007 - The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) is calling for an urgent closing of a legal loophole which fails to offer adequate human rights protection to disabled or older people if their local authority places them in a privately owned care home. Click here to read the full press release
- 18/06/2007 - Young disabled people across the country are being encouraged to 'Get out and GOJO' over the summer armed with a series of accessible event and listings guides produced by the Disability Rights Commission. Click here to read the full press release
- 12/06/2007 - The BMA’s new report on how doctors can tackle the shocking levels of health inequalities experienced by disabled people (published 12th June) is being welcomed by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) as a great step forward. Click here to read the full press release
- 12/06/2007 - The Green Paper on the future framework for single equalities legislation fails to remedy deficiencies in existing anti-discrimination law, the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) says today. Click here to read the full press release
- 04/06/2007 - Tory MP Anthony Steen has directly contravened Tory Party Policy on providing easier car parking for disabled people after being caught parking in a disabled bay at a Devon Railway Station, the Disability Rights Commission said today (Friday). Click here to read the full press release
- 31/05/2007 - Evidence gathered in the Disability Rights Commission’s (DRC) investigation into health inequalities Click here to read the full press release
- 23/05/2007 - A 24-year-old woman has just won £2,500 in compensation together with costs from a Blackpool tattoo parlour, which refused to give her a tattoo because she is disabled. Click here to read the full press release
- 21/05/2007 - Responding to the Treasury's Disabled Children's Review announcement of a funding package of £340 mi Click here to read the full press release
- 09/05/2007 - The first nationwide campaign aimed at increasing young people's confidence using public transport is being launched today (Wednesday 9 May 2007). Click here to read the full press release
- 24/04/2007 - A Private Members Bill aimed at tackling the growing social care gap and to ensure greater choice and support to disabled people and carers, completed its legislative passage through the House of Lords today. Click here to read the full press release
- 04/04/2007 - The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) is putting organisations from across the public sector on not Click here to read the full press release
- 30/03/2007 - The UK Government should use the occasion of ratifying a new UN Convention on disability rights as t Click here to read the full press release
- 29/03/2007 - A powerful, hard-hitting commercial which highlights the daily abuse and bullying endured by people with learning disabilities is being launched by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) in cinemas across the UK on Friday, 30th March. Click here to read the full press release
- 27/03/2007 - With the Government's progress in meeting its target to halve child poverty by 2010 widely expected Click here to read the full press release
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