Thursday 17 December 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities When Liz Truss dismisses ‘fashionable’ causes she actually dismisses the devastating impact of discrimination – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Thursday 19 November 2020 Marsha de Cordova Tory failure on gender pay gap means 8.5 million women set to retire before seeing equal pay Continue Reading
Tuesday 10 November 2020 Marsha de Cordova FA chairman’s comments to DCMS committee were offensive and outdated – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Thursday 22 October 2020 Marsha de Cordova Gov’t consistently fails to act on systemic racism’ – De Cordova on new Health Inequalities Report Continue Reading
Friday 16 October 2020 Marsha de Cordova Marsha de Cordova comments on the latest ONS stats on ethnic contrasts in covid-19 deaths Continue Reading
Thursday 15 October 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova comments on call by senior business leaders to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay reporting Continue Reading
Thursday 24 September 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova responds to IPPR research showing Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities most at risk of debt due to economic downturn Continue Reading
Tuesday 28 July 2020 Marsha de Cordova Marsha de Cordova responds to EHRC chair accusing the government of “dragging its feet” over racism and failing to make it a priority Continue Reading
Thursday 16 July 2020 Equalities / Marsha de Cordova Time for action on structural racism Continue Reading
Monday 13 July 2020 Equalities / Marsha de Cordova Labour calls for clarity one month on from Prime Minister’s commission on race announcement Continue Reading
Friday 19 June 2020 Equalities / Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova responds to ONS statistics on Covid-19 deaths by ethnic group Continue Reading
Tuesday 16 June 2020 Coronavirus / Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova responds to publication of PHE report on impact of Covid-19 on BAME groups Continue Reading
Friday 5 June 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Marsha de Cordova comments on the news that the EHRC will lead an inquiry into the impact of coronavirus on ethnic minorities Continue Reading
Thursday 4 June 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Labour calls on the government’s Race Disparity Unit to immediately publish recommendations following Public Health England’s Review into the impact of Covid-19 on the BAME community Continue Reading
Thursday 21 May 2020 Marsha de Cordova / Women and Equalities Labour demands that the Government undertake and publish equality impact assessments on its Coronavirus Recovery Strategy Continue Reading
Thursday 30 April 2020 Marsha de Cordova Marsha De Cordova reacts to PHE’s call to risk assess frontline BAME staff Continue Reading
Thursday 16 April 2020 Marsha de Cordova ‘Devastating effect on BAME communities cannot be overstated’ – De Cordova responds to launch of gov’t review Continue Reading
Saturday 11 April 2020 Equalities / Health / Marsha de Cordova Government must investigate why BAME communities are more vulnerable to Coronavirus – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Tuesday 3 December 2019 Disabilities / Jeremy Corbyn / Marsha de Cordova Labour announces plans to tackle discrimination and restore protections for disabled people and their families Continue Reading
Monday 2 September 2019 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Marsha de Cordova responds to government figures on payments to former SDP recipients Continue Reading
Tuesday 13 August 2019 Employment / Marsha de Cordova ONS employment figures – Marsha de Cordova responds Continue Reading
Thursday 11 July 2019 DWP / Marsha de Cordova Review of social security for the terminally ill – Marsha de Cordova responds Continue Reading
Thursday 16 May 2019 Marsha de Cordova Six years later, the Government still owes hundreds of millions of pounds to ill and disabled people – Marsha de Cordova responds to ESA underpayment figures Continue Reading
Wednesday 15 May 2019 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova DWP research shows the government is failing to support disabled people into employment. Continue Reading
Thursday 28 March 2019 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Government has bitterly failed to support disabled people into employment – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Tuesday 26 February 2019 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Minister dragged to update Parliament on ESA underpayments – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Thursday 21 February 2019 Marsha de Cordova Disabled people are suffering as a result of chaos at the heart of the DWP – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Thursday 20 December 2018 Marsha de Cordova Labour will end the unfair assessment for PIP – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Wednesday 19 December 2018 Disabilities / DWP / Marsha de Cordova Universal Credit is failing disabled people – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Thursday 13 December 2018 Disabilities / DWP / Marsha de Cordova The cruel Work Capability Assessment is not fit for purpose – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Tuesday 11 December 2018 Marsha de Cordova Yet another example of the hostile environment created for disabled people by this Government – Marsha De Cordova Continue Reading
Friday 7 December 2018 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Marsha De Cordova responds to the boss of Motability’s £2.2 million bonus Continue Reading
Monday 3 December 2018 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Nearly 50,000 sick and disabled people have been hit by Tory cuts to ESA in the last year alone Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 October 2018 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Marsha de Cordova comments on ESA underpayment figures Continue Reading
Saturday 6 October 2018 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Disabled and ill people throughout society are suffering as a result of the hostile environment created by this Conservative government – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Thursday 13 September 2018 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Work Capability Assessment has created a hostile environment for disabled people – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Tuesday 11 September 2018 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Marsha de Cordova responds to PIP statistics Continue Reading
Thursday 6 September 2018 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Government’s response falls woefully short – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Tuesday 31 July 2018 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Marsha de Cordova comments on Universal Credit compensation ruling Continue Reading
Wednesday 25 July 2018 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova / Transport Government’s Inclusive Transport Strategy is hypocritical and completely inadequate Continue Reading
Tuesday 24 July 2018 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Marsha de Cordova responds to the UK government hosting the Global Disability Summit Continue Reading
Wednesday 11 July 2018 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova The Tory government’s policies have caused misery for disabled people – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading
Friday 25 May 2018 Disabilities / Marsha de Cordova Disability pay gap at its highest since figures began – Marsha de Cordova Continue Reading