On the 18th of June, 2023, The Times reported on the Government’s purported plans to unveil more restrictive rules on social housing allocation. The article, entitled “Britons ‘to be priority (sic) on council house lists’” outlines ministerial concerns regarding the inordinate waiting times experienced by more than a million households patiently waiting for social housing (The Times 2023).
Joint Statement of UK Civil Society Organisations
Following on from our Submission to Just Fair month we are one of 82 organisations calling on the UK Government to respect human rights in the UK after many UN member states highlighted failures across the board. On Thursday the 10th of November member states of the UN Human Rights Council called on the UK Government to take action to better realise rights in the UK.
BSWN responds to problematic government proposals to change the ethnicity facts and figures website
The website in question was created as an integrated service from which the public can access government data on racial disparities in the UK.