POLICY FOCUS

 

Prevent Review 2011

June 2011

In November 2010 the Home Secretary announced a review of the entire Prevent strategy, to be independently overseen by Lord Carlile of Berriew and part of which involved a public consultation. The full review was presented to Parliament on 7 June 2011 and sets out a new Prevent strategy for the Government. More

 

 

Prevent Inquiry

March 2010

In July 2009, The Communities and Local Government Committee of the House of Commons called an inquiry into 'Prevent', the Government's programme for preventing violent extremism. The Committee set out to consider the effectiveness of the 'Prevent' programme under the scope of the CLG to date, and set out questions concerning the Government’s analysis, approach and communications regarding violent extremism. More

 

 

Equality Act 2010

April 2010

On 8th April 2010 the Equality Act 2010 was given Royal Assent creating a landmark in equalities legislation. The Government published the Equality Bill last year – the Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on Friday 24th April 2009 and published on Monday 27th April. More

 

 

The UK’s Strategy for Countering International Terrorism (Contest 2)

March 2009

You have to pity local government and local delivery agencies. Just when everyone was beginning to get their heads around the last strategy for tackling violent extremism unveiled in 2007, along comes a revised version of Contest, the UK Strategy for Countering International Terrorism (or Contest 2). More

 

 

Queen's Speech

December 2008

The Queen's Speech is delivered from the Throne in the House of Lords, in the presence of Members of both Houses. Although the Queen reads the Speech, the content is entirely drawn up by the Government and approved by the Cabinet. It contains an outline of the Government's policies and proposed new legislation for the new parliamentary session. More