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EHRC condemned for discrimination over sackings

BRITAIN’S equalities watchdog is in hot water for its “harsh and potentially discriminatory” treatments of striking workers who they sacked by email.

SNP MP Chris Stephens told a Commons debate on Wednesday night that of the 10 Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) workers sacked, seven were black or minority ethnic, four are Muslim and six are disabled.

The Glasgow South West MP described it as “astonishing” given the EHRC’s remit in challenging inequality and discrimination.

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