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'Lehman Sisters' would crash too, says top adviser

03.11.09
Gordon Brown's independent adviser on the City today rejected Harriet Harman's claim that the financial crisis would not have happened if women had been in charge of banks.... more

Pregnant woman wanted all-white hopsital staff

28.10.09
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BNP forced to end policy for ‘whites only’ membership

15.10.09
Latest: BNP will be forced to admit black and Asian members after court ordered an end the party’s 'white only' policy... more

'Shocking pay gap' revealed in City of London

07.09.09
Women in the City are suffering 'shocking' pay discrimination because of the macho and long hours working culture in their offices, Commission warns... more

Commentary: Season is changing but sexism in the Square Mile refuses to budge

07.09.09
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Council blames computer glitch for 'paki' blunder

26.08.09
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Facebook isn’t dividing us: it helps kids bond

04.08.09
Archbishop Nichols, head of the Catholic Church in England, is worried that social-networking sites are “dehumanising” community life... more

Get a grip, Trevor Phillips told as MPs probe equality watchdog

27.07.09
MPs are to investigate Britain's equalities watchdog which is in turmoil over its leader Trevor Phillips... more

Humiliation for Darling as audit finds a hole in Treasury’s bank bailout figures

20.07.09
Alistair Darling embarrassed as Treasury’s accounts were qualified for the first time in its 350-year history... more

Solicitor fights test case against retirement at 65

13.07.09
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BNP facing injunction over membership policy

23.06.09
The BNP could face a legal injunction over a potential breach of race discrimination law relating to its membership policies, it was announced... more

Fear of failure haunts girls

09.06.09
A report has found that almost half of girls from white working class backgrounds fear failing at school... more

Landmark human rights ruling protects all soldiers serving abroad

18.05.09
Soldiers serving abroad are protected by Human Rights laws, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a controversial landmark judgment... more

Equal pay law shocks bosses

24.04.09
Business leaders expressed shock as it emerged the Government will introduce compulsory “gender pay audits”... more

Pay gap is widest in finance where women earn 60% less

09.04.09
Women working in fund management, stockbroking and futures trading are earning up to 60 per cent less than men - a pay gap of more than twice the national average... more

Keeping your job beats bonding with baby

31.03.09
Like a juggernaut heading towards a wall, the quangocracy ploughs on. Yesterday the clumsily named Equality and Human Rights Commission put its foot down on the accelerator and declared that fathers should have the right to take four months' parental leave. ... more

Call to give fathers four months' parental leave

30.03.09
New mothers should get less time off work and new fathers more, says a new report... more

Met is rocked by 'apartheid' row

24.02.09
Scotland Yard is facing new claims of racism over allegations that an "apartheid" culture involving police community support officers operated at a London station... more

Legal threat over poor services for rape victims

30.01.09
More than 100 local authorities are to be threatened with legal action over claims they have failed to provide specialised services for women suffering rape, domestic violence and abuse... more

Ministers are urged to shame employers into closing gender pay gap

06.01.09
Companies face being shamed into closing the pay gap between men and women... more

Firms could be outed over low pay for women

06.01.09
Companies face being shamed into closing the pay gap between men and women... more

The new message for black Britain

06.11.08
AS THE world absorbs the impact of America electing its first black president, Barack Obama is getting down to work naming the first members of his administration. There is still more than two months until his inauguration. So for the moment, the main effect of his election is simply inspirational: the message that you can do something if you want to enough, no matter what your skin colour.... more

'Centuries to wait' until women get equal pay

18.09.08
Women in the workplace will have to wait for 187 years before they are paid the same as men, a report reveals... more

I won’t be joining the Mumtrepreneurs

09.09.08
Isn't it exhausting being a working mother?... more

Number of women in top legal jobs hits new high

09.09.08
The number of women landing senior positions with leading law firms has reached a new high, according to research... more

Women hit 'concrete ceiling' in politics, media and law

04.09.08
The number of women securing top jobs in sectors such as politics, media and law has fallen for the first time in five years... more

Trevor Phillips is attacked by his own quango over Big Brother deal

02.08.08
The Government’s equality chief has been attacked by his own organisation for being paid by Channel 4 to advise them following the Big Brother Shilpa Shetty race row... more

Broadcasters 'perpetuate ethnic racial stereotypes'

17.07.08
TV broadcasters are failing to reflect Britain's ethnic diversity and are perpetuating racial stereotypes with token characters, a report said... more

My husband does it all, admits equal rights chief

17.07.08
Britain's equality chief has called for a legal shake-up to encourage more fathers to stay at home to help look after their children... more

City firms must reveal pay rates in war on 42% gender gap

26.06.08
Ministers declared war on "sexism in the City" today as research showed men in the financial sector are paid an average of 42 per cent more than their female colleagues... more

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