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Submissions are sought for the 2016 International conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM): Inequalities: Addressing the Growing Challenge for Policymakers Worldwide London School of Economics, 13-14 June 2016 Deadline for submissions: 22 January 2016 Inequalities are a growing challenge within and between countries around the world. What do we know … Continue reading
Parliament The House of Lords has voted to delay the implementation of the Draft Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 until reports on the impact of the changes have been presented to Parliament. The Regulations would reduce the income threshold for Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. The Immigration … Continue reading
This post summarises the findings of a study into the effects of judicial review (JR) in England and Wales which was funded by the Nuffield Foundation and undertaken by the Public Law Project and the University of Essex, with Maurice Sunkin as the Principal Investigator. By Varda Bondy, Lucinda Platt and Maurice Sunkin Overview The … Continue reading
Parliament The Immigration Bill is due to have its second reading in the Commons on 13 October. Among other things, the Bill would extend changes to appeal rights introduced by the Immigration Act 2014, in order to enable the Home Secretary to remove from the UK migrants who are appealing against a refusal of a … Continue reading
Two recent reports published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission focus on disabled people’s rights to social security and to participate in political decision-making. Both are submissions to the inquiry of the UN Special Rapporteur on Disabilities, who is due to report to the UN’s General Assembly next month. Earlier this month, the Equality … Continue reading
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