Labour has been criticised after a transgender model who claimed that all white people were racist was appointed an adviser on equalities for the party.

There is pressure on the legislative timetable. But surely, in this centennial year of women’s suffrage, we can find time to change the law governing marriage registration, writes Dame Caroline Spelman

Sarah Champion has been a relentless advocate for victims of child sexual abuse since entering parliament six years ago. But the Labour MP for Rotherham is concerned the issue is ‘dropping off’ the government’s radar. She talks to Elizabeth Bates

Chartered Insurance Institute responds to Nicky Morgan’s open letter encouraging 30 financial services firms to sign up to the Women in Finance Charter. 

Jo Swinson has clashed with veteran BBC journalist John Humphrys over comments he made in the wake of Carrie Gracie's resignation as the corporation's China editor.

A Scottish Labour MP has been forced to apologise after he admitted using "deeply offensive" language about gay people and the Chinese community at a Burns supper.

A Labour government would offer an apology and an official pardon to the Suffragettes, Jeremy Corbyn has announced.

The struggle for equality is one that has involved hundreds of thousands of women and is still ongoing. In this centenary year let’s honour their memory – and encourage the next generation to make their voices heard, writes Baroness Williams 

Regardless of our role, or party allegiance, our fight against the “oldest hatred” must never lessen. We all have a duty to stamp out antisemitism, says Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid.

Speaking to PoliticsHome, EY's Darra Singh says that while there has been progress when it comes to improving diversity, the drive for change has 'slipped' in recent years.

Jeremy Corbyn has teed up a huge row with Labour feminists by insisting transgender people who want to stand on all-women shortlists should be allowed to do so.

New research launched at the CII's headquarters on Tuesday evening shows that while modern society affords women greater freedoms, their economic progress and financial resilience has not kept pace and they are profoundly more exposed to financial difficulty.

New research launched at the CII's headquarters on Tuesday evening shows that while modern society affords women greater freedoms, their economic progress and financial resilience has not kept pace and they are profoundly more exposed to financial difficulty.

New research from the Chartered Management Institute has found that 85% of women and 80% of men have witnessed gender-discriminatory acts at work. 

A Department for Education board member has resigned his post after reports that women were "groped and harassed" at a men-only charity dinner he organised.

New research shows that while modern society affords women greater freedoms, their economic progress and financial resilience has not kept pace and they are profoundly more exposed to financial difficulty

The childcare system is costing mothers in England £3.4 million a day because it prevents them from working, according to new analysis from Save the Children. That’s £1.2 billion every year.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are already big topics in many workplaces, but Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is going a step further to ensure its customer service and support is truly inclusive and accessible for everyone. 

SSE today announced that it is one of 104 companies from ten sectors to join the inaugural 2018 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI).

100 years after some women first won the right to vote, Maria Miller believes the pace of progress in British politics is still ‘embarrassingly slow’. But the chair of the Women and Equalities Committee says 2018 must be the year things change. She talks to James Millar

A powerful group representing Jewish Labour members has accused the party of failing to deal with a “vast backlog” of anti-Semitism complaints. 

The Work and Pensions secretary has announced a major U-turn over disability payments.

Tory vice chairman Ben Bradley has been forced to apologise for a second time after further offensive comments he made online in the past emerged last night. 

Ukip leader Henry Bolton was spotted with his girlfriend, Jo Marney, last night just days after claiming they had broken up amid a row over racist texts.