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NPIA DIGEST

The Equality Bill

This article is the second part in a series providing a more detailed analysis of the provisions in the new Equality Bill. The last article, in the June 2009 edition of the NPIA Digest, covered Part 1 (socio-economic equalities) which places a duty on certain public authorities to consider the desirability of reducing socio-economic disadvantages in exercising their functions. It also covered Chapter 1 of Part 2 (Equality – key concepts), which set out the protected characteristics under the Bill.
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Think tank report advises government to look overseas to improve ways of funding and monitoring crime prevention and enforcement

A new report published on May 11, 2009, by the think tank Policy Exchange, suggests that the Government is inadequately funding and monitoring its crime prevention and enforcement measurements.
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EHRC publishes human rights inquiry report

On June 15, 2009, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published its inquiry report. The report sets out the findings of a Human Rights Inquiry undertaken by the EHRC under its statutory powers. The inquiry was announced on March 6, 2008, and had two main terms of reference:
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