Between 1990 and 1994, Ealing council under conservative control undertook an aggressive strategy of commercialising its public services, taking privatisation and commercialisation to extreme lengths and leaving a lasting legacy of unemployment, low levels of service provision and accountability, and a huge budget deficit. This report documents the devastating nature of such policies, and offers…

Briefing which discusses the impact of privatisation and contracting on women and domestic labour (2003).

This report examines the operation and impact of existing public duties in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the UK Duty on Race, specifically in light of the desirability or otherwise of a Public Duty for Age Equality either as part of a Single Equalities Act or a separate piece of legislation. It also seeks…

Examines legislative and national contexts and uses several case studies to discuss the approach to gender mainstreaming in Britain and concludes by setting out the case for a public sector duty on gender.

This is a summary of a research study carried out for the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) into the gender impact of CCT in local government. The study found a number of areas where CCT had a more serious effect upon women’s employment situation than their male counterparts. This summary describes the context and methodology of…

This report analyzes the implications of privatization for women workers, especially those employed in low-end occupations. Data analyzed show that women disproportionately depend on the public sector for jobs that pay decent wages and offer benefits. This is especially true for African American and Hispanic women, and for women who do not have a college…