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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Jun 30 2011
The impact of hate crime against disabled people is far reaching: police responses need to be more consistent
2 CommentsTweet The numbers of hate crimes against disabled people seem to be growing although such crimes often go unreported. Sanah Sheikh looks at how some police forces are committed to tackling these crimes and changing their procedures accordingly. But there … Continue reading
Posted by: June 30, 2011
Tagged with: disability, government, hate crimes, Mencap, uk government
Jun 30 2011
The government’s approach to reforming the House of Lords is 80 per cent of the way there. Nick Clegg needs to take courage and to go the rest of the way to a more democratic and coherent, wholly elected Senate.
Leave a commentTweet After more than a century of constitutional reform debates, replacing the indefensible House of Lords with a decent elected Senate is now within sight. The government’s draft Bill is a vast improvement on previous Westminster-elite proposals. It needs only … Continue reading
Posted by: June 30, 2011
Tagged with: constitutional, House of Lords reform, Lords, MEPs, parliament, politics, power
Jun 29 2011
The perceived breakdown in the legal regime of privacy protection can be addressed by certain amendments to the Human Rights Act
Leave a commentTweet Following on from an Index on Censorship debate on privacy, free speech and a feral press at LSE, Andrew Scott reviews events of the ‘Privacy Spring’ and finds that while we do not need a new privacy law, some … Continue reading
Posted by: June 29, 2011
Tagged with: government, Human Rights Act, politics, power, privacy, privacy law, superinjunction
Jun 29 2011
By making ‘local’ and ‘more inclusive’ the focal point of our policies, we can achieve lasting social sustainability in our communities
Leave a commentTweet The way we look at urban regeneration has undergone a transformation in the last 30 years; from a focus on the physical and economic renewal of places, to the building of vital and sustainable communities, in both the social … Continue reading
Posted by: June 29, 2011
Tagged with: cities, government, inequalities, localism, politics, regeneration, social sustainability, uk government, uk politics
Jun 28 2011
The Higher Education White Paper is a good start at introducing real competition between universities for academic places
1 CommentTweet The Higher Education White Paper, released today, proposes to make student 85,000 places ‘contestable’ between universities over the next two years, allow institutions to take on more high achieving A-level students, and create up to 20,000 places for universities … Continue reading
Posted by: June 28, 2011
Tagged with: Higher Education, higher education funding, public spending, UK, uk government, universities, university fees, white paper
Jun 28 2011
Ten years after tax, social security departments in the USA and elsewhere are moving cautiously online. The UK is pioneering ‘digital by default’ services and the advent of a universal credit at DWP could be an opportunity for breakthrough progress
Leave a commentTweet Internationally, tax services are now building on solid progress in encouraging online take-up of their services. However social security services have not yet made this break through. Service Canada was the first to put employment insurance online in 2005 … Continue reading
Posted by: June 28, 2011
Tagged with: benefits, DWP, government, HMRC, IT, online provision, online social security, politics, power, public spending
Jun 27 2011
Nick Clegg’s proposals for reform of the House of Lords just don’t work
Leave a commentTweet As part of our ongoing series on reform of the House of Lords, Lord Lipsey examines Nick Clegg’s recent proposals to reform the second chamber. He finds that the proposals will cost over £400million, lead to competition between the … Continue reading
Posted by: June 27, 2011
Tagged with: government, House of Lords, House of Lords reform, Nick Clegg, politics, power, uk government, uk politics
