Commenting on criticism of his interview in the New Statesman, a spokesperson for Ken Livingstone said; "Ken is clearly saying the advance of lesbian and gay people into politics is unequivocally a good thing. "Unlike many in the Conservative Party he has fought for equality for LGBT rights throughout his life including when it was highly controversial. He established Britain's first civil pa...

The Welsh government was warned to stop new public funding for an under-fire race equality body in 2004, BBC Wales can reveal.

First Minister Carwyn Jones says the Welsh government has "nothing to hide" in the case of under-fire race equality charity Awema.

The author of an independent report into a race equality charity says he has not been contacted by the Welsh government to discuss his findings.

Staff at Wales' foremost race equality charity speak out about alleged bullying and harassment.

I am very unhappy with the number of female Lib Dem MPs. 7 out of 57 is not good enough and we need to improve. The leadership programme which assists those from underrepresented groups to become candidates will hopefully help. 7/57 = 12.3%. So, less than an eighth of our MPs are women. The Conservatives

The former vice chair of a under-fire race equality organisation says the people running it should stand down.

As much debate about party funding and selection rumbles on, the issue of increasing diversity amongst MPs continues to hover in the background. I would never deny that the under-representation of women or people from BME backgrounds needs to be addressed, however there is a much more pressing diversity issue, that of diversity of social

The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity. So speaks the first few lines of our constitution. They should be enshrined in

Reading the judgement of the recent Employment Tribunal judgement in the case of David Short against UCATT is sobering indeed. Mr Short has won the case that he suffered constructive unfair dismissal, and also that UCATT failed to make reasonable adjustments contrary to the Equality Act 2010. David was an organiser in Yorkshire region who was investigated