What went wrong in the 2015 election?
View the preliminary findings from the inquiry in to the polls ordered by the British Polling Council. Its terms of reference and methodology can be viewed on the website. The BBC has also been discussing the topic this week. Also released this week Margaret Beckettis internal investigation of the Labour Party failure. Useful response on this […]
LGBT Equality in the Workplace
Find out the best place to work in the UK by consulting the latest annual Stonewall Equality Index. The methodology examines 10 key areas: distinct areas of employment policy and practice, including networking groups, career development, training and community engagement. Interestingly, M15 and the security services are this year ranked top! The Times Higher has […]
Civil Service Women Leaders Index
EY Senior Civil Service Women Leaders Index found that the UK ranked 4th in G20 countries amongst the representation of women in senior government official posts. The highest percentage is Canada at 46.1 the UK has 38.7%. However none had 50%. Download the full text of the report to find out more data on pay […]
Only 7% of people describe themselves as feminists
According to the results from the 2016 Fawcett society state of the nation report only 4% men and 9% women polled labelled themselves as feminists. When asked to describe what the word meant to them a shocking 26% of the words used were negative e.g. irrelevant, bitchy, while 22% used positive terms such as strong-willed. This […]
Feminism in the School curriculum
This week MPs discussed the proposal for feminism to be dropped from the A Level politics curriculum. See the draft curriculum from 2015. Read the discussion in parliament held on 11th January from the official Hansard. In the debate the government minister said: “We recognise that the work of female political thinkers was not given […]
The UK in a changing Europe
http://ukandeu.ac.uk/ Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), this initiative will explore the key aspects of UK and EU dynamics, including: Impact of EU policies: how EU policies make a difference in areas such as, the single market, financial regulation, trade, investment, growth and the free movement of people Attitudes towards the EU: social and […]
Fat Cat salaries: read and weep!
Fat Cat Tuesday On the 5th January 2016 top bosses salaries FTSE CEOS will already have exceeded the average annual pay of many workers (£27,645) according to the High Pay Centre Find out how wages compare using their pay calculator Price Waterhouse Cooper conducts regular surveys on the state of executive pay in the UK. […]
Bedroom tax
The Final Report from the Evaluation of the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (often referred to as the ‘bedroom tax’) carried out jointly by CCHPR and Ipsos Mori, has been published. The report explores the effects of the cuts to Housing Benefit for working age social housing tenants who are deemed to be under-occupying […]
How far have we come? Lessons from the 1965 Race relations Act
Free access to this collection of essays from the Runnymede Trust. The 26 page pamphlet covers the socio-legal context of the act, the implementation of the act in the 21st century and the relationship between the act and the Magna Carta.
Disability
Who are the most powerful disabled people in the UK? Find out by consulting the new top 100 power list just compiled by the Shaw Trust. It has categories for the arts, business and media. Each entry has a brief biography
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