The Home Office's consultation on police powers of stop and search is a great example of really bad survey and questionnaire design. Many of the questions are unclear or leading and the logic baffling. For example Question 3 "to what extent do you agree that the arrest rate following stop and search is a useful…
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…
This month, Chief Executive Andy Gregg reviews David Goodhart’s topical book ‘The British Dream’. Read the review here.
Sometimes so-called liberals can do more damage to “social cohesion” then more overtly racist commentators – their positions are less likely to be immediately identified as contaminated with prejudice, assumption and false argument. They provide a complicit softerside to the dog-whistle politics now being employed by the Tories and UKIP. After all, we all know…
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 >>>
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 – who settled here in the first of the post-War migrations (many from the “Windrush Generation” – largely from the “New Commonwealth” and their offspring), and…
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.
Read our latest Policy Briefing – The Interface between Mental Health and Criminal Justice: An Application of Phillips’ Multi-Level Framework. Read the full briefing here.
The shocking murder of Trayvon Martin and the extraordinary and bizarre not guilty verdict for his killer Zimmerman show how the US is still mired in racism and white supremacy. I defy anyone to argue that the roles of Martin and Zimmerman could ever be reversed and have the same outcome in a US court…
