There continues to be a gender bias in boardroom appointments in Britain’s biggest companies, according to new research.

A new report from the European Commission has found that European Union rules to tackle discrimination on grounds of racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age and sexual orientation have now been implemented by all Member States in national law.

Recently published research by diversity consultant Equal Approach has revealed that class can still act as a barrier to reaching Britain’s boardrooms.

UNISON and the City of Edinburgh Council have agreed an equal pay deal for up to three thousand council staff.

Young black men have experienced the sharpest rise in unemployment since the coalition came to power, with more than one in four of all black 16-24-year-olds currently out of work, according to a TUC report on youth unemployment.