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• Posted on 11 July 2019 by Nancy Kelley, Deputy Chief Executive

  Over the rainbow?

  

  It’s Pride month, our timelines are full of rainbows, and this week Westminster voted to extend same sex marriage rights to Northern Ireland. So are we really getting less tolerant of lesbian and gay relationships?

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  Tags: British Social Attitudes, LGBT, diversity, relationships

• Posted on 30 October 2018 by Jonah Bury, Senior Researcher

  The future of policing - Increasing diversity

  

  Why is it so important for the police to be representative of the community it serves? To inform the future diversity agenda, the Police Transformation Fund Team commissioned us to review the evidence base on diversity in policing. 

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  Tags: crime and justice, diversity

• Posted on 02 February 2015

  Meeting the social care needs of BME groups

  In December, we published the findings of a two year study looking at why Bangladeshi and Pakistani care users report lower levels of satisfaction with the care they receive than white British care users. This blog discusses the main findings of this study.

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  Tags: carers, diversity, health and wellbeing, social care

• Posted on 28 January 2015 by Tom Hawthorn, Head of Electoral Policy at the Electoral Commission

  Electoral fraud prevention plans under way ahead of May elections

  

  A guest blog from Tom Hawthorn, Head of Electoral Policy at the Electoral Commission: Robust plans are in place ahead of the May elections, but it’s vital voters know what’s acceptable campaigning behaviour and where to report concerns.

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  Tags: Electoral Commission, diversity, election, fraud, guest blog, voting

• Posted on 02 May 2013

  What light can research shed on the multiculturalism debate?

  A couple of days ago, I attended an event: ‘The Politics of Diversity and One Nation’ held by Demos about whether multiculturalism would sink or swim as a major integration policy in the years to come. It’s a big topic that has raged on in the media and in parliament, with much generalistion, anecdo...

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  Tags: diversity, immigration, multiculturalism