A Command Paper published on 13 October 2014 sets out the proposals of the 3 main UK political parties for further devolution, including some proposals relating to equality legislation.
In October 2014, the Joint Committee on Human Rights publish its ‘Report on the Serious Crime Bill, Criminal Justice and Courts Bill and the Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill’.
On 6 October 2014, the Business Secretary launched a ‘wide-ranging employment review to help clarify and potentially strengthen the employment status of workers’.
On 1 October 2014, the Government announced the introduction of regulations to ensure employers meet equal pay legislation requirements.
‘Setting the 2020 persistent child poverty target. Government consultation response’ was published in October 2014.
Revised regulations setting out the process for the conversion of civil partnerships into marriages were laid before Parliament on 15 October 2014.
In October 2014, the Scottish Government published ‘Analysis of Equality Results from the 2011 Census’.
The Beijing+20 report of the European Women’s Lobby calls for urgent comprehensive EU action to realise gender equality.
Published in October 2014, this Viewpoint draws together research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s Poverty & Ethnicity research programme, highlighting the implications for local authorities in the UK.
‘What can we do to support people to move out of low-paid work?’ is a report bringing together the discussions and recommendations from one of the largest ever conferences on this issue.
