On 19 August, the Government Equalities Office launched ‘Equality Act 2010: The public sector Equality Duty: Promoting equality through transparency. A consultation’. (more…)

Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) published in August 2010 ‘shows that, once all of the benefit cuts are considered, the tax and benefit changes announced in the emergency Budget are clearly regressive as, on average, they hit the poorest households more than those in the upper-middle of the income distribution in cash, let alone percentage, terms’. (more…)

The Equality and Diversity Forum is advertising for interns. (more…)

On 30 July 2010, the Equality and Human Rights Commission published a series of guides to explain people’s rights and responsibilities under the new Equality Act 2010. (more…)

‘Equality Act 2010: What do I need to know?’ is a series of summary guides and ‘Quick Start’ guides to the key changes in the law, produced by the Government Equalities Office in partnership with the British Chambers of Commerce, Citizens Advice and the Equality and Diversity Forum, to support implementation of the Act. (more…)

In June 2010, the Government Equalities Office (GEO) published a factsheet summarising the measures in the Equality Act 2010. (more…)