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Phillips led by 'intimidation and cliques' at equalities watchdog

11.11.09
Trevor Phillips faces fresh pressure to quit as head of the Government's equalities watchdog after a damning assessment of his leadership was submitted to Parliament... more

'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

Postal strike will hurt mail workers, too

29.10.09
We face a second wave of postal strikes. The selfdestructive machismo of the Communication Workers Union in the face of the unquestioned need to modernise has brought us another display of the hardliners' muscle, with no regard for the consequences for Royal Mail users... 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

Under-fire equalities chief Trevor Phillips agrees to dilute his powers

11.08.09
Embattled equalities chief Trevor Phillips is to give up some of his powers after heavy criticism of his leadership, it has emerged... more

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

Gay campaigner quits in protest at equality chief

24.07.09
Trevor Phillips urged to stand down as chairman of the Government's equality watchdog as a sixth commissioner announced he was quitting the troubled organisation... more

How did Trevor Phillips get reappointed as Equalities Commission boss?

21.07.09
Last week, when a smiling Trevor Phillips told his assembled board that he had been reappointed as chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, he was greeted by a deafening silence ... more

Equality chief attacked for rehiring colleagues on even higher salaries

20.07.09
Britain's equalities chief criticised for re-hiring seven of his former colleagues on inflated pay only weeks after handing them large redundancy payments... more

New immigrants occupy just two per cent of social housing

07.07.09
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'Deal' to force out Trevor Phillips as equality czar

03.07.09
Future of the Government's equality czar Trevor Phillips under renewed threat amid reports Whitehall officials are preparing a deal to remove him... 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

Our own Obama is still just a pipe dream

26.03.09
Our first black PM, our own Obama? After a century perhaps, I said, and made my son very cross. He, a young barrister, is more upbeat and hopeful than his grumpy mum. It seems new research agrees with him. A study comparing race and opportunity in the US and UK finds many reasons to be cheerful about our situation. ... more

'Politics hinders a British Obama'

25.03.09
Britons are ready to elect a black prime minister - but the system may never give them a chance, a study conclude... more

Labour heavyweights plan mayoral bids to 'stop Ken'

26.02.09
Senior Labour figures are planning to run for Mayor of London as "stop Ken" candidates... 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

Religion now more divisive than race, says public

20.01.09
At least four out of 10 Muslims do not believe that communities should be forced to integrate in Britain, according to a new poll... more

Britain at ease with race diversity says Phillips

19.01.09
The police should no longer be accused of "institutional racism", the head of Britain's equalities watchdog said... more

Sharkey calls for probe into storage of bands' data

18.11.08
The Information Commissioner has been urged to investigate why the Met police is collecting personal data from musicians... 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

Only foreigners need apply ...

31.10.08
I have an uneasy relationship with my neighbourhood in Chiswick... more

Phillips: 'Give whites positive discrimination'

28.10.08
White workers should benefit from "positive discrimination" to help them fend off competition from better-skilled immigrants, equalities chief Trevor Phillips says... 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

Black mothers face a hard truth over knives

03.07.08
Walking with Ben Kinsella's bereaved sisters on Tuesday's poignant march were black men and women... more

Channel 4 paid race chief Trevor Phillips to deal with fallout of Big Brother's Shilpa row

07.06.08
The Government's equality chief, responsible for making businesses and public bodies obey anti-discrimination laws, was paid by Channel 4 for giving advice following the Big Brother racism scandal.... more

New Mayor must stop our schools separating out along race lines, equality chief warns

09.05.08
Britain's equalities chief Trevor Phillips warns Boris Johnson about schools "gradually separating out" along racial lines... more

Boris must get it right on race

09.05.08
The new Mayor cannot overestimate the prejudice that exists against him in some communities... more

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