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Standard interest rate increases. | Changes to Civil Partnerships site | Civil Partnerships |
Ending discrimination on the basis of sexuality | The Village moves to Salford | Prescription charges |
Tsunami - establishing death | Changes to courts system | Work permits - seasonal agricultural workers |
The Clean Neighbourhoods Act becomes law | Changes to state pension deferral | Child access for lesbian ex-lover |
Student loans | Annan says rights body harming UN | Employee rights to information and consultation |
Immigration forms | Road tax changes | Lesbian couple forbidden in Catholic parish |
Recourse to public funds | Court forms online | Mortgages information from FSA |
Civil Partnerships before Christmas 2005 | Insurance - FSA regulation | Childcare in the home and working tax credit |
British Gas Energy Trust | Asylum seekers | Gender Recognition Act 2004 |
Probate work - charging | LGBT Housing Survey | Saving Gateway |
Citizens Advice urges emergency treatment for NHS dental services | Asylum seekers | Don’t pile on the pounds at the gym this spring says Citizens Advice |
Incapacity benefit reforms will require resources and ‘quantum leap’ in quality of decision-making – Citizens Advice | Alcohol licences | Employment tribunal awards |
Tsunami | Immigration fees | Discrimination at work |
MPs activities in Parliament - new website | Motability scheme changes | Education Maintenance Allowance |
Citizens Advice calls for review of tax credit overpayments recovery | Smacking | Irish child abuse survivors |
High hedges - neighbour's right to complain | Tax Credits - 31 January deadline | Child Trust Fund |
Insurance intemediaries and FSA regulations | Court fees increase | Freedom of information |
Horse passports | Council tax | Debt consolidation loans |
Care homes | Christmas money quiz could stop new year debt hangover | Lone parents |
Anti-social behaviour orders | Disciplinary or dismissal procedures and statutory rights | Immigration applications |
Criminal procedures | Marriageable age | Access to the countryside |
Passports | National Asylum Support Service | Gurkhas |
Immigration | Wheelclampers | European Health Insurance Card |
Income support and housing costs | Lone parents | World AIDS Day |
Business rates | Compulsory purchase | Lone parent interviews |
Cold weather payments | Maternity leave | Child tax credit |
Water debts in Wales | Housing benefit and council tax benefit | The Inland Revenue asks: Could you claim tax back on your savings? |
New code welcome move in curbing gangmaster abuse | Citizens Advice hails consumer credit reform promised in Queens Speech | Consumer Direct |
Government launches drive to help poorest cut fuel bills | Guidance for setting local speed limits | Financial services - distance selling |
Alternative dispute resolution | Citizens Advice welcomes developments on new rights and equality commission | Tax credits |
Health White Paper should prescribe advice to prevent ill-health | Civil Partnership Bill passed by the Lords | Changes to proposed equalities body |
Blunkett: ID cards will protect civil liberties | Pensions helpline for women - OPAS | Civil court fees |
Holidays and working time | Court Judgment on Credit Card protection | Fixed penalties |
Criminal trials | Mortgages | Civil Partnership Bill Update |
Young offenders | Destitute asylum seekers | The Gay Marriage Myth - Terrorism, not values, drove Bush's re-election. |
Three teenagers have been charged with the murder of gay barman David Morley. | Driving disqualifications | Free passports |
Television | Means testing failing poorest pensioners, Citizens Advice tells MPs | Leasehold valuation tribunal decisions |
Driving licences | Credit references and third party data | Children in care |
Views sought on asylum appeals procedures | New approach to rent arrears works better than court action | Pension Gains for same sex couples |
Blunkett sets out store on compulsory ID cards | Asylum concession | Previous convictions to be disclosed to juries |
Local Government Ombudsman | No to Buttiglione, yes to equal rights! | Overseas graduates |
Fireworks: Think of the Consequences - be safe, not sorry | Fines - unpaid work as alternative | Anti-social behaviour measures |
Most Freedom of information requests will be free | Statutory charge on jointly-owned property | Service Charge Consultations |
Setting aside judgments | Wise up to scams with Consumer Direct Online | Anglican report appeases homophobes |
Children needing their own machine readable passports | Charity Commission wants to hear from the lesbian and gay community | New Lesbian and Gay Bill |
Equal pay changes | Salford says 'I do' to choice | Civil court fees |
Direct debits | The future of local government pensions | Magistrates get access to credit database to track down offenders |
Asylum seekers | Commemoration of two historic moments in the fight for gay and lesbian equality | Civil Partnership Bill goes to the Commons |
New National Minimum Wage | Disability Discrimination Act - employment | National minimum wage for young workers |
Strengthening protection against religious discrimination | CAFOD HIV debate: no simple solutions | Citizens Advice volunteers rewarded for the time they give to the community |
Unfair dismissal - age limit | Spain - Church blasts gay marriage | Millions don’t get the help they need on basic life problems |
NHS recovery of costs in personal injury cases | New rules on dealing with disputes in the workplace | New Option for property owners |
Another Canadian province says 'I Do' to gay marriage | Councils tightens up on crafty claimants | Bisexuality Day 2004 |
Buju Banton concert axed in Manchester | Criminal injury decisions online | Store Cards Market Inquiry |
Bisexuals Overlooked in the Debate on Equal Marriage Rights | Bid to stop Banton gig | Schools Out! Initiates LGBT History Month – February 2005 |
Student loans and bankruptcy | Employment tribunals result in empty justice for many workers | Civil Partnership Bill delayed |
New £1m Research Centre for the study of Law, Gender And Sexuality | Destroy travel documents and face jail warns Blair | Asylum seekers - education help in Wales |
Reference of home credit market to the Competition Commission | Law Society could face £1M fine over handling complaints | One minutes silence to mark events in Beslan, Russia |
Charity Commission clarifies public benefit check process | Warrant enforcement success rate | Planning and compulsory purchase law |
Met Office advice for severe weather | Help with school uniform costs slashed | Timeshare need not be a life-sentence |
Primary schools - free breakfasts in Wales | Changes to country information team to reinforce impartiality of asylum casework | Immigration fee increases |
MOT certificates - N. Ireland | Telephone call centre service often poor | Advice Week: 6-12 September 2004 |
Unfair dismissal - personal injury claims | Women will still risk the sack for pregnancy unless government acts - EOC | Council tax - Wales |
Community Legal Service Direct | Voluntary Termination of Consumer Contracts | OFT seeks views on changes to group licensing regime |
Contribution of volunteers to Citizens Advice Bureaux tops £70 million a year | Review of speeding penalties | OFT Student Guide to renting |
Call for a review of the range of welfare support available to people who have suffered a bereavement. | Mass Wedding in Manchester | The Big Weekend 2004 |
Balance between independence and partnership is vital | Extortionate credit is about more than interest rates | New ACAS resources |
Energywatch tells consumers ‘switch away’ from British Gas | Unwanted marketing calls | New helpline to empower consumers |
Police - right to retain body samples | Winter fuel payments | Racially or religiously motivated attacks |
Inquests | Access to the countryside | Manchester Pride 2004 |
Asylum seekers | Romanian and Bulgarian nationals | Passports |
Tax credit overpayments | Asylum seekers | New Language requirement - further information |
NHS complaints in England | Barristers | CPS Publishes First Homophobic Crime Data |
Further Child Trust Fund Regulations | Community Legal Service Direct | More than a toothless watchdog - Human Rights Commission must have bite as well as bark |
Information and Consultation Agreements | Community support provision and needs of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Wales | Text messages |
EU Accession countries | More rights to prevent exploitation of park home occupiers. | New powers of search and entry for fine enforcers. |
Compensation for injury to feelings | Citizens Advice agrees with MPs that financial services industry should work to increase transparency | Scratchcard 'prizes' |
Reform of the extended warranty market | Asylum support | Distress and bankruptcy |
Legal aid proposals could turn UK into an advice desert | Education Maintenance Allowances | Hepatitis C |
Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act Receives Royal Assent | New structure for civil legal aid to encourage settlement out of court | Citizens Advice financial education projects showcased by Minister |
Parental Separation Changes | Countdown to Freedom of Information | Lifeline could rescue those sinking deeper into debt |
Commonhold due in September | Means testing undermines long-term viability of Pension Credits system, Citizens Advice tells Devon conference | Travellers |
Citizens Advice advice deserts warning is heeded in Commons report on legal aids) | Child Trust Fund | Restructuring of social rents in England |
Tribunal reform should go further | National Driver Improvement Scheme | New Anti-ID fraud one-stop shop |
Working tax credit | Myners review of mutuals | Your doorstep - your decision |
Statutory disciplinary/dismissal and grievance procedures | Citizens Advice responds to spending review announcement | Advice from the TUC on Trans rights in the workplace |
Holiday pay | Last call for WW2 Victims' Compensation Claims | Gangmasters Bill Becomes Law |
NHS continuing care | Student visas | Gypsies' evictions breach human rights |
On-line access to a bankrupt's details | Citizens Advice backs Civil Partnerships Bill | Gender Recognition Act 2004 |
Overseas visitors | Horse passport deadline day | Bed and Breakfast denies gay couple double room |
Pay out for gay pensions, says TUC | Anti-social behaviour in housing | Changes to 'no win no fee' arrangements |
Home Loss Payments increased | New research into numbers affected by failing pension schemes. | Vulnerable adults |
Prisoners | UN International day for victims of torture. | Making the CLS more effective in tackling social exclusion |
Fireworks | Holiday pay - rolled-up holiday pay | Overseas students |
The end for Civil Partnerships in Lords ? | Spanish traffic fine scam | Pope warns Spain on gay rights and abortion |
Mental Capacity Bill | Guide for Health Workers Aims to End Confusion About 'Next of Kin' | Sexual Assault Referral Centres |
Requirement for biometric passports delayed by another year | Minister unveils New Deal evolution plans | Access to housing |
Consultation on the future of local government | The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill | Equalities rights must be made real, accessible and simple to operate |
Cutting edge technology to modernise UK border control | Tour companies | New induction service improves asylum process in Manchester |
Citizens Advice urges Government to tackle mental health stigma with fundamental reforms | Statutory charge | Jamaica: Amnesty International mourns loss of leading human rights defender |
Health and safety regulation | Package holidays | Domiciliary care staff |
New rules for lenders. | Amendments to Asylum and Immigration Bill | Vibration white finger |
NHS-funded students | 40 per cent rise in water price not acceptable | Maternity leave |
Gas safety | Council tax - liability | Retained organs |
Legal aid provision failures hits vulnerable women and children | Changes to 'No Win No Fee' personal injury claims | Claim forms - HB/CTB |
Council tax help for the over 70s | Solicitors - checks on client's identity | Prisoners - right to vote |
Working hours - cabin and flight crew | Elections | Gangmasters report vindicates call for Fair Employment Commission |
Solicitors - complaints | Massachusetts | Criminal legal aid cuts |
Servicing ties removed from new car warranties | Gays attacked at Palestine rights protest | Nursery places |
Blue badge scheme | School exclusions | White paper on the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights |
Health costs | Civil Partnership Bill - Day one in Committee | Payments to vulnerable people during conversion to direct payments |
Civil Partnership Bill - Grand Committee | Legal aid financial eligibility | Income support/JSA and children |
Individual support orders | Rushed EU asylum rules face court challenge | Passport news |
Gay men and the sex offenders' register | BSL recognition in practice | Sexual offences |
EU Accession countries - asylum | Site Changes | EU Accession countries |
EU Accession country nationals - work in the UK | Prisoners' families helpline | Community support officers and penalty notices |
Fine enforcement | Berlin Declaration Sharply Condemns Anti-Semitic Harassment | People trafficking |
Disclosures | LAGER to close down ? | Unions lose court case over discrimination laws |
Jury service | Anti-social behaviour orders | New Lesbian and Gay Bill |
Bail changes | Employment tribunal procedures | Income support rate rise |
Key worker scheme | Police complaints | www.civilpartnerships.org.uk |
Council Tax | Police powers | Housing benefit and council tax benefit changes |
Bankruptcy changes | Homelessness | Spam telephone calls |
Work-focused interviews for lone parents | Fine enforcement | Council tax changes |
Carriers' liability | PETS Travel Scheme | OFT tips for safe trading on internet auctions |
Homelessness | Employers grant 8 in 10 flexible working requests | Cardinal shamed in Palm Sunday protest |
Council Tax Changes | Prescription charge increases | Driving licences |
Endowment mortgages | Duty prosecutors | Civil Partnership Bill |
The Civil Partnership Bill: Changes to benefits | Citizens Advice welcomes swift response on prescription charges | County court register changes |
International E-commerce | Benefit sanctions pilots | Parenting and schooling |
Pesticides | Money laundering | Vatican joins Muslims to fight homosexual partnerships |
Sign Language adapts to modern society | Care homes | Electronic tagging of young people |
Tax Credits | Government says same sex marriage can be valid for immigration purposes | Citizens Advice response to Civil Service job cuts |
Leasehold leaflets | Gordon Brown's 2004 Budget | Heroes Return Scheme |
Unions challenge gay law in High Court | Employers are trying to deter workers from going to employment tribunals | Enforcement of the right to Sick pay |
Anti-social behaviour - new measures | Home Responsibilities Protection | Debt consolidation under OFT spotlight |
Endowment victims urgently need free independent financial advice | Legal aid for immigration and asylum | Special commitment ceremony in Scunthorpe. |
Television licence fee increase | Unfair dismissal - age limits | New fertility clinic for lesbians |
Compensation for miners | Computer purchase - government loan scheme | Changes to Council Tax Benefit |
Immigration and unmarried partners | Pensioners urged to claim Council Tax Benefit | Government announces more cash to fight crime in Manchester |
Unfair dismissal changes | Entry clearance | Anti-social behaviour orders |
New report shows migrant workers are most vulnerable to exploitation | Prison visits | Council Tax Changes |
First Citizenship Ceremony to take place. | Convention on the Future of Europe | Gender Recognition Bill |
No UK benefits for EU accession countries. | Church anger as gay campaign targets schools | Schwarzenegger and gay marriages |
Council tax changes | IND guidance on undertaking voluntary activity | European Parliment adopts resolution for next UN Commission on Human Rights |
Criminal Justice Act 2003 | Good, but not good enough | Gay Brits: No problems serving with U.S. troop |
Changes of circumstance - reporting by phone | The Rent Service Joins the Department for Work and Pensions | Government announces changes to HOMES scheme |
The Pensions Bill | Fireworks Regulations 2003 | Tax credits and help with health costs |
Visa changes. | Secondhand vehicles | Vatican says gay children should be forced to seek treatment |
Carer's allowance - help online | Legal Aid System close to collapes | Vehicle registration certificates |
New gambling laws proposed | Criminal records - basic disclosure | Report on Transfers of EU Air Passenger Data to the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security |
Fairer terms for care home residents | Child Trust Fund Details | Rise in payments under employment rights legislation |
700 same-sex weddings in Canada last year. | Ryanair wheelchair fee ruled unlawful in landmark case | Cannabis reclassified |
Employers and service providers response to Disability Discrimination Act | Help available to the vulnerable this winter. | Stamp duty land tax |
UK Holocaust Memorial Day | Workcare | DTI consults on changes to distance selling regulations |
Working time regulations - air pilots and cabin crews | Internet sperm mum gives birth | Gender Recognition Bill - Exemption for sport |
Council tax - students | The Brazilian Resolution | Catholic Cardinal denounced gays and lesbians as |
No need for fathers in IVF | Law Society cracks down on firms providing inadequate professional service | Office of Communications (OFCOM) |
Bouncers - regulation of door supervisors | National Savings and Investments - tracing service for lost money | Travel advice in Indian sub-continent languages |
Council tax - second homes | DTI publishes first annual statement on employment law changes. | DVLA watches car tax |
Work permit rules - Home Office website | New bid to put President Mugabe on trial | European Court decides Transsexuals Have Partner Rights |
War veterans - free passports | New guidance issued to councils | Unmarried fathers -parental responsibility |
Court judgments available online | County courts | Asylum applicants |
Homelessness - priority need and immigration control | Consumer complaints | Child Trust Fund (baby bonds) |
Homelessness and the Children Act | Child support ruling | Definition of disability to be changed to include the diagnosis of HIV |
Tax credit code of practice | Benefits fraud gets a little harder. | Breastfeeding at work |
Pensioners urged to claim help with Council Tax Bills | New 24-Hour National Domestic Violence Helpline | Tips for online Xmas shoppers from the Office of Fair Trading |
Members appointed to Commission for Equality and Human Rights task force. | Spam law clicks in. | Errors in Housing Benefit system cost up to £750 Million per year. |
Unsolicited e-mails and text messages | Work permits | Government must give legislative priority to reform of outdated consumer credit laws |
Housing Bill reforms will help the vulnerable | Sefton Pensioners want Gay Advisers | NHS delays |
Publication of the domestic violence, crime and victims bill | Christians try to scupper union challenge to job protection exemptions | Protection from discrimination from today. |
World AIDS day. | Debt Management Complaints down by 70% | Gender Recognitioin Bill - First Reading |
Pension credit and child tax credit | Government fails to remove tax discrimination against gay partners | Aircraft noise |
Gurkhas lose race discrimination case | Scouse Cops Support Community | Legal tender |
Civil Partnerships meet with massive approval | Working time - treatment of time on call | Vatican's homophobic campaign targets gay kids |
New rules on using a mobile phone while driving. | Fighting the cold war for pensioners | Armed forces pension changes |
Miners' compensation | One in 4 gays say NHS prejudiced | Tribunal comments raise serious questions about MoD's record on equal opportunities |
Hate Crime in Chester | Student loans interest rate increase | ACAS - pilot mediation scheme |
Executive backs gay couples' rights | Unfair dismissal - one-year rule | Gay-row bishop not to face 'hate' charge |
Refugee Council resources | Bankruptcy | Tenancy deposit rip-off must end now |
Occupational deafness | Criminal convictions | More support and information for parents applying to adopt children |
RAF home ban on lesbian wife | Improving Services, Challenging Discrimination | Asylum seekers - hard cases support |
Overview of sexuality issue for Anglican Church | Sexual orientation in the workplace | Gay marriages plan comes under fire |
UK passport holders travelling to the USA | Sex discrimination - 'Rutherford' case | Registered social landlords |
Unions and Government in court over new rights for gay and lesbian workers | RC Church slams 'gay marriage' plan | Delight at government hate crime amendment |
News from abroad | Health and safety | Bishop Accuses Uganda of Intolerance |
Gay humanists express concern over new equality body. | New Commission for Equality and Human Rights to fight discrimination | Anglican Troubles, an African View |
Child Trust Fund | Gay bishop kept under 24-hour FBI guard | Call for Holyrood Voice on Gay Rights |
Cruising for sex on Hampstead Heath | Holiday pay | New advice to help the aged |
US millionaire bankrolls crusade against gay Anglican priests. | Gay couple terrorised | Survey of homophobia in Wales |
Catholic Church claims condoms are permeable to HIV | Clergy anger over Kirk stance on gays | Hate Crime in Northern Ireland |
Gay sex 'offenders' to be taken off register | Institutional Bigotry in Manchester. | African bishops colonialist mentality |
EU Council's position a significant blow to recognition of same-sex partnerships | Responses to the Civil Partnership Consultation | Civil Partnership Consultation |
MPs target sex in public toilets | Pension credit | Passport fees |
Changes to asylum rules | Immigration changes | Changes for Care Home residents. |
Benefits change to accomodate Pension Credits. | Squatters' rights | Clarification of Homelessness rules. |
Changes to Leasehold laws. | National Minimum Wage increased | Secret paper reveals Church spin plans to defuse gay crisis |
GIVE US MARRIAGE, SAY GAY HUMANISTS | Imams join plea for gay tolerance | Action on Hate Crime? |
Mailing Preference Service changes. | Winter fuel payments | Tax credits - compensation for delays |
ILGA-Europe to have its Annual Conference in Glasgow | Section 28 repealed. | Gay teens threatened by new sex law |
Pregnancy at work - EOC investigation | Prisoners - treatment as homeless | ILGA-Europe questions the role of the Vatican in international organisations |
European Parliament speaks out for rights to same-sex marriage and adoption. | Discrimination and sexual orientation | NASS regionalisation |
Asylum seekers resource pack | Work permits | Prisioners' rights - treatment for drug addiction |
Rest breaks at work | Tax credits - childcare costs | Holidays and working hours changes |
Bullying at work | Race discrimination in employment | Catholic Church 'out of touch' on same-sex partner debate |
Quest's - Evidence submitted to the Bishops' Conference | Europe free of laws banning same-sex relationships for the first time in 1,500 years | Council tax and care home residents |
Home improvement grant changes | VAT amnesty | Gas and electricity supply contracts - compensation for forged signatures |
Scams and rip-offs - DTI's online guide | Wheelchair passengers - Ryanair | Public funds and tax credits |
Disqualification orders - people convicted of offences against children | Returning reservists - right to reinstatement | Harassment of a disabled employee |
Occupational pensions - transferring funds out | Gulf war veteran wins pension | Community care - free services |
Injury to feelings awards | MCC Responds to Vatican's Condemnation of Gay Marriage | Immigration rules - changes |
Retirement age and dismissal | Tax credits - claims by self-employed people | National insurance contributions - top ups |
Carers - voucher scheme | Transfer of housing stock - tenants under notice | Children's tax credit |
Insolvency Service - complaints | Armed forces - free postal service | War pensions - unmarried partners |
Disabled Go | Court fees | Travel concessions |
Dual nationality - new provisions | New official Censor appointed | UN vote on sexual orientation blocked by Vatican, Muslim and African states. |
Exceptional leave to remain ends | Miners compensation scheme | U.S. Army dismisses more gay linguists |
Refugees - student support for children of refugees | Tax credits | Guardian's allowance |
Child benefit changes | Overpayment of benefit | Pension credit |
Banking code | House of Lords unable to implement ruling from Europe to protect transexuals. | Paternity rights improve |
Government recognition for British Sign Language | Money Claims Online | Credit card cheques |
Student loans and bankruptcy | Endowment policy complaints | Credit scoring |
Consumer rights extended | NHS continuing care | Child support reform |
OFT Consumer rights leaflet | Working parents' new rights | Protection for reservists. |
Asylum support ruling | Invalid care allowance | Litigants in person - legal costs |
Personal injury claims and legal help | Venezuela - travel warning | Residential allowance withdrawal |
Courts decide Lesbians and Gay men can inherit a tenancy | Timeshare Fraud | Equitable Life problems |
Cold weather payments | More protection for transgender employees |
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