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Some eligibility decisions have been linked to deaths of vulnerable claimants, and EHRC will examine if ministers acted unlawfully

Some eligibility decisions have been linked to deaths of vulnerable claimants, and EHRC will examine if ministers acted unlawfully

The Michaela Academy, a publicly-funded school operated by a private non-profit organization in London, has defeated an extremist-backed legal effort to overturn its ban on prayer rituals on its campus. The female Michaela Academy pupil who filed suit

The Equality and Human Rights Commission said it "suspects" the department "may have broken equality law" when assessing benefit claimants, as well as in its day-to-day operations.

Singapore is set to introduce a new anti-discrimination employment law later in the year, and while employers welcome the changes, lawyers say more needs to be done in terms of building capabilities to ensure compliance.

Probe will look into cases like Errol Graham's, who starved to death after his benefits were stopped.

After Formula 1 pledged to progress with "modern day societal norms", the karting empire has been slammed for its extreme gender pay gap.

One would have assumed that a woman who has been raped, and seeks help from a rape crisis centre, is entitled to know the sex of the counsellors who she is disclosing to. One would assume that if a rape victim is anxious enough to ask whether her counsellor will be male or female, she can be reassured that she will be talking to another woman. One assumes that an organisation set up to support rape victims is not in the business of keeping the sex of its own support workers secret from the users

First CQC ratings of local authorities published, measuring their effectiveness in delivering on the Care Act 2014

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