Equality gains in the UK risk being reversed by coronavirus, says EHRC

Human rights watchdog says pandemic is hitting older people, ethnic minorities and the disabled the hardest

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Hard-won gains in equality and human rights in the UK are at risk of being reversed by the coronavirus pandemic, and society, the economy and living standards are facing long-lasting damage, the UK human rights watchdog has said.

A report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission says young people, ethnic minorities, older people and disabled people have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic, which has highlighted and widened existing inequalities.

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