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There are a number of newspapers with coverage in the London area |
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Between 2007 and 2009 a new body will take over the work of the three existing anti-discrimination commissions, the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Commission for Racial Equality and the Disability Rights Commission.
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The Commission for Racial Equality was set up under the Race Relations Act 1976 to tackle racial discrimination and promote racial equality. It works in both the public and private sectors to encourage fair treatment and
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The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) is an independent body established to stop discrimination and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.
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The Commission is responsible for regulating the conduct and finances of political parties, overseeing the conduct of elections and referendums and electoral law, and promoting awareness and participation in elections. |
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The Equal Opportunities Commission is the lead public body responsible for combating sex discrimination in Britain. Although independent from the government, the Commission is responsible to the Secretary of State for Communities |
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The Information Commissioner is an independent official reporting directly to Parliament. He oversees and enforces compliance with the laws on data protection, freedom of information and environmental information. |
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The Local Government Ombudsmen investigate complaints of injustice arising from maladministration by local authorities and certain other bodies. Each year they investigate 18,000 complaints about most council matters including |
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The Commissioner monitors over 11,000 appointments made by government ministers to public bodies in England, Scotland and Wales, to make sure they comply with the rules on fairness and openness and are meeting targets for |
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The Parliamentary Ombudsman is an independent official reporting directly to Palriament who looks into complaints that government departments, their agencies, the NHS in England, and some other public bodies, have not acted properly |
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The Standards Board for England is responsible for promoting high ethical standards in local government and other public bodies and for investigating allegations that members’ behaviour may have fallen short of the required |
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