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Scottish Government to ‘carefully consider’ mental health law review

The Scottish Government has said it will “carefully consider” the more than 900-page long, final report of a review of Scotland’s mental health laws. The Scottish Mental Health Law Review was set up in 2019, chaired by John Scott KC, in order to ...

30 Sept 2022 at 16:23

Civil servant who alleged race discrimination receives ‘substantial settlement’

A civil servant who brought a race discrimination case to challenge her treatment in the workplace is receiving a substantial settlement from Scottish Ministers. Rose Quarcoo, who was employed by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service ...

22 Sept 2022 at 12:53

Government acts to ensure availability of abortion services in Northern Ireland

The UK Government has announced its intention to prepare work on further regulations to ensure abortion services are available for women and girls in Northern Ireland. Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis has set out the ...

24 Mar 2022 at 14:55

Pay gap grew last year for workers with disabilities

The pay gap between people with disabilities and those without grew last year, new data shows. The Office for National Statistics revealed that the average employee with a disability was paid 13.8% less than their peers in 2021. It was ...

25 Apr 2022 at 14:55

Scotland

Discourse around GRA ‘reminiscent’ of treatment of gay men, says charity

Discourse around proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act in Scotland is reminiscent of the treatment of gay men in decades past, the director of an LGBT charity has said. In the first public evidence session on the ...

17 May 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Footballer launches race discrimination case against Airdrie FC

Footballer Rico Quitongo has launched a racial discrimination case against his former club Airdrie and one of its directors. The 22-year-old claimed he was racially abused by a fan during a game last year, but the club ...

30 Mar 2022 at 17:25

‘Biological males’ should not compete in women’s sports – Boris Johnson

“Biological males” should not compete in women’s sports, while women should have access to single-sex spaces in places such as hospitals and prisons, the Prime Minister has said. Boris Johnson said it seems to him to ...

06 Apr 2022 at 15:55

LGBT organisations ask UN to revoke status of British rights watchdog

A group of 20 LGBT organisations have asked the UN to revoke the status of Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). A 19-page submission to the UN – which the groups said was prompted by the EHRC’s ...

11 Feb 2022 at 04:25

Rights watchdog boss says critics have ‘wrong target’

Critics of the Equality and Human Rights Commission have the “wrong target”, its chief executive said after a coalition of LGBT groups sought to revoke its status as an independent body. Twenty LGBT ...

11 Feb 2022 at 12:55

Scotland

Call for Scottish Government to pause on gender recognition reforms

A leading human rights group in the UK has said plans to change the law on gender recognition in Scotland require “further consideration”. Scottish Government ministers have voiced proposals to ...

26 Jan 2022 at 22:25

Sarwar: Lack of independent probe into Islamophobia ‘would stink of cover-up’

A failure by the Conservatives to allow an independent investigation into allegations of Islamophobia in the party would “stink of a cover-up”, Anas Sarwar has said. The Scottish Labour leader,...

24 Jan 2022 at 15:55

Police recorded hate crime more than tripled over the last decade

The number of hate crimes recorded by police in England and Wales has more than tripled over the last decade and is now at a new record high. There were 155,841 offences recorded by forces in ...

06 Oct 2022 at 17:18

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