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Government should: Legally protect people from multiple and intersectional discrimination, including on the grounds of migrant, refugee or other status....
Amid rising demand and funding constraints, more people were being declined care in the years prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
UK Government actions: Between May and August 2022, the UK Government submitted several reports to the UN: its report for...
UK Government actions: In September 2022, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy introduced the Retained EU Law (Revocation...
Several permanent welfare reforms introduced by the UK Government, including the two-child limit, have adversely affected the enjoyment of human...
UK Government actions In March 2021, regulations were passed to introduce a new ‘multi-channel approach to health assessments’ for a...
UK Government actions In March 2021, as part of its Build Back Better plan for growth and 2021 Budget, the...
The Welsh Government publishes and analyses some data by protected characteristic, although significant data gaps remain. Overall data gaps and...
The UK Government has introduced various measures to improve the collection of equality data, with specific action to improve ethnicity...
UK Government actions In March 2021, the census for England and Wales was carried out, on a ‘digital-first’ basis. The...
The Welsh Government has taken some positive policy and legislative steps, including a range of actions to address childhood adversity....
Changes to the legal and policy framework are welcome in the areas of transport, housing and social care, and an...
There are persistent barriers affecting disabled people’s right to live independently as part of the community. The UK Government has...
There have been some welcome reforms to the policy and legal framework for social care in Wales in recent years,...
UK Government actions In September 2021, the UK Government announced new funding arrangements for health and social care, including: a...
Government should: Take further action to raise awareness to tackle negative stereotypes and prejudices against disabled people (especially those with...
There is evidence that certain groups experience persistent inequalities in accessing healthcare in Wales, but a lack of data separated...
Record NHS waiting lists and worsening waiting times before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have limited access to healthcare. There is...
UK Government actions In July 2021, the UK Government published the National Disability Strategy, which included plans to reduce the...
The introduction of the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 (the VAWDASV Act) and the...
The implementation of ‘hostile environment’ immigration policies marked a reduction in human rights protections and court cases have found failures...
The UK Government has taken important steps to improve victim support and access to legal aid, including the Victims’ Code...
Government should: (a) Ensure that women in abusive situations can receive payments under Universal Credit independent of their partners. (b)...
Government should: (a) Strengthen the capacity of the Government Equalities Office so that it can provide national leadership on women's...
Government should: (a) Change laws in Northern Ireland to ensure women there have the same protections as those elsewhere in...
Government should: Ensure older people receive an adequate pension, care and treatment. Educate all health care workers on the rights...
Government should: Increase the availability of high-quality data disaggregated by: income, sex, age, gender, race, ethnic origin, migrant, asylum-seeking and...
Government should: work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Ensure disabled people (particularly women, children, intersex people and older people)...
The UK Government set out a number of actions to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes in the NHS Long...