2 December 2013 Equality impact assessment leads to changes in taxi licensing services, promoting driver safety and improving relations with BME drivers[1] A review of feedback and complaints to the taxi and private hire licensing service of Bristol City Council identified a number of complaints from drivers who felt that they were not being treated…
Read the latest blog by Andy Gregg, ROTA Chief Executive. Nick Clegg and David Blunkett ought to know better. Both Sheffield MPs have attacked the Roma minority in the Page Hall area of Sheffield. Blunkett says "We have got to change the ….continue >>
New research from Race on the Agenda (ROTA) shows that free schools are failing to comply with statutory requirements on equality. The public sector equality duty (PSED) exists to support schools to tackle unlawful discrimination, meet diverse needs, identify and address the reasons for different educational outcomes for different groups, and create school environments where…
Read the latest blog by Andy Gregg, ROTA Chief Executive. “The most racist piece of legislation in the last 30 years”. So said John McDonnell MP about the new Immigration Bill that the Coalition Government is currently ramming through parliament. The Bill had its second reading on 22nd October and marks the culmination of…… continue…
Between November 2011 and February 2013, ROTA delivered the Shaping the Future seminar series, which considered educational reforms and the current state of play in terms of educational inequality. A concerning discussion point that came up at many of the seminars was that growing numbers of BAME children and young people are being diagnosed with…
A big thank you to all of you who signed ROTA’s petition on the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) and for supporting our campaign to save the PSED. The independent Steering Group of the PSED review published its recommendations on 6thSeptember. Your voice and support has ensured there are no recommendations to remove the Public…
See here for recommendations of the review, the ministerial statement, and the NatCen qualitative research that informed the review. The government also launched a consultation on ‘Judicial Review: Proposals for Further Reform’, which will impact on our rights to use judicial review to resolve disputes relating to the Public Sector Equality Duty. See…
Read the latest blog by Andy Gregg, ROTA Chief Executive. For some years it has suited the Government and the media to drive a wedge between, on the one hand the longer settled Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities……continue >>>
LVSC’s partnership project, ‘London for All’ funded by London Councils, will address the impact of the cuts by providing a wealth of experience, expertise and services that the VCS desperately needs. Contact Tim Brogden tim@lvsc.org.uk or visit the LVSC website to find out more.
Runnymede's consultation response in conjunction with Operation Black Vote and supported by a coalition of race equality organisations, available here.
