Church of England votes against women bishops
24 November 2012
In November 2012, the General Synod of the Church of England voted to reject the draft legislation to allow women to become bishops.
In November 2012, the General Synod of the Church of England voted to reject the draft legislation to allow women to become bishops.
Writing in the Guardian in a personal capacity, Baroness O’Neill, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), asks ‘So, what is a free press?’
On 22 November 2012, the Select Committee on Work and Pensions published ‘Universal Credit implementation: meeting the needs of vulnerable claimants’.
Research by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) on changes to the welfare system.
Real progress on the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) has been made but pace and scope of improvements has been slower than hoped. These are part of Professor Malcolm Harrington’s findings in his Independent Review of the Work Capability Assessment – Year Three.
A study examining understandings and experiences of LGBT communities and assessing implications for health and wellbeing by Eleanor Formby at the Centre for Education and Inclusion Research (CEIR) (Sheffield Hallam University).
The Commission will in 2013 report on the application of the two anti-discrimination directives (Directive 2000/43/EC on Racial Equality and Directive 2000/78/EC on Employment Equality).
On 19 November 2012, David Cameron gave a speech to the CBI conference in which he said ‘we are calling time on Equality Impact Assessments’.
The Representation of the People (Members’ Job Share) Bill aims to introduce job sharing for MPs
In November 2012, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published ‘Public sector equality duty guidance for schools in England’.