Unequal impact: Coronavirus (Covid-19) and the impact on people with protected characteristics

01 Aug 2020

In 2019 the Women and Equalities select committee found that policymakers had comprehensively failed Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities in the UK. It also found there had been a persistent failure to tackle long standing inequalities facing Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in any sustained way. Given this starting point, it is unsurprising that GRT communities are deeply affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.