The Government's response to the consultation on pay gap reporting by employers of over 250 employees for ethnicity and disability, has been published and will proceed to legislation.
The Call for Evidence is open to anyone who wishes to contribute and is available at the link below.
From the Terms of Reference, the lived experience steering group has
This came up a couple of days before the RSN Chairs met with Minister Timms and the Schools Minister Gould on SEND.
Press releases:
Radical expansion in rights for children
After sharing the consultation itself which took place last summer (July to September 2025), this is an update with the outcomes of the consultation - now published by the Ministry
The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) have shared the following with the RSN. The Independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, chaired by Baroness Amos, has launched a Call
News of reforms to the Disability Confident scheme. Please see the press release from DWP here for further details:
Disability Confident scheme overhauled to boost workplace standards for disabled peopleSick
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has published a consultation seeking views on a revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and other changes to the planning system.
