Below is the briefing prepared by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (the Commission) in contribution to the upcoming Question for Short Debate on 10 May concerning the case for a disability commissioner on the Commission.

The Government will fully investigate the Home Office errors that led to the damning Windrush scandal, Theresa May announced today.

A powerful committee of MPs today dealt a major blow to Theresa May as it tore into the Government over its attempts to tackle modern slavery.

Theresa May dealt a fresh blow to Amber Rudd today as she revealed targets to boot illegal immigrants out of Britain were in place during her own time as Home Secretary.

Theresa May is poised to appoint a new Home Secretary after Amber Rudd dramatically quit last night over the Windrush scandal. Here are the runners and riders with odds from Ladbrokes.

Ministers should put national identity cards “back on the agenda” in the wake of the Windrush scandal, two former home secretaries have said.

More than 200 MPs from across the political divide have joined forces to demand protections for Windrush migrants are stamped into law.

Sajid Javid has launched an impassioned plea for voters not to abandon the Conservatives at the upcoming local elections in the wake of the Windrush scandal.

National and international legal bodies have today sent an open letter to Turkish authorities, voicing their concern over the rising tide of human rights violations against lawyers and threats to the legal profession in Turkey. 

Harriet Harman entered Westminster as an outsider on the ‘margin of the margins’. Nearly 36 graft-filled years later, the Mother of the House still finds herself at the epicentre of the women’s movement, respected across the House. Though she insists her frontbench days are over, does she have one more big job in politics left? Sebastian Whale speaks to the Labour grandee, and those who know her, to find out

On the Equality and Human Rights Commission's 10th birthday its Chair, David Isaac, sits down with PoliticsHome to discuss Brexit, budgets, and what the Commission hopes to achieve in the next decade. 

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published their latest briefing for House of Lords Committee stage of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. This briefing covers amendments to clarify the status of future decisions of the Court of Justice of the EU,  introduce a domestic Right to Equality in the Bill and rule out the use of delegated powers to reduce equality and human rights protections

Barrister and Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) member, Zimran Samuel of Doughty Street Chambers, guest blogs on the strides made by the BHRC in addressing and protecting against the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). 

Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council’s International Committee, explains why practice area plays no part in the need for the Bar's voice to speak up as one for the rule of law and rights injustices globally. 

EU (Withdrawal) Bill: A Committee stage Briefing from the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

On the 8th international Day of the Endangered Lawyer, the Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) together with lawyers’ organisations in Europe and around the world, stand in solidarity with those lawyers in Egypt who face persecution in furtherance of the protection of the rule of law. This is also the day to remember lawyers at risk across the world.

The commitment to human rights protections is a British value all Members of Parliament share. But this government’s EU Withdrawal Bill puts that at risk, warns Shadow Brexit Minister Paul Blomfield 

A Labour frontbencher has defended his party's stance over the Iranian protests - insisting the situation in the country is not "black and white".

Top Tory Nicky Morgan has rebuked Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton for his controversial remarks about his nephew wearing a dress.

Penny Mordaunt has vowed to “stamp out” the scourge of modern slavery abroad as she unveiled a multimillion pound package to help half a million survivors or people at risk.

Labour has said it will back an EU withdrawal bill amendment by Conservative MP Dominic Grieve in order to protect “fundamental rights”. 

Ahead of tomorrow’s Committee Stage debate on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has published our second in a series of briefings, covering the Charter of Fundamental Rights and inclusion of a Right to Equality.

Ahead of Committee stage of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has produced the first in a series of briefings. 

Ministers are on course for a row with Tory backbenchers after deciding to lift the 12-year ban on prisoners voting.