Forum Brief: Sperm donor anonymity
Policy Consultation 21 January 2004
Children of sperm and egg donors should be allowed to trace their biological fathers, the government has announced.
Forum Brief: Youth offending
Policy Consultation 21 January 2004
Young offenders should be diverted from a life of crime at an earlier stage, spending watchdogs have concluded. According to the Audit Commission, effective intervention in the lives of potential
Forum Brief: Abortion Services
Policy Consultation 11 December 2003
Women should have better access to abortion services, a leading sexual health charity has argued.
Forum Brief: Pre-Budget Report
Policy Consultation 10 December 2003
Gordon Brown has insisted that the economy is strong despite announcing that he will borrow a further £10 billion this year.
Forum Brief: Sexual health
Policy Consultation 25 November 2003
A record number of new HIV cases were diagnosed in Britain last year.
Forum Brief: Long term care
Policy Consultation 29 September 2003
A royal commission has criticised the government and called for free long-term care for the elderly in England and Wales.
Forum Brief: Social exclusion
Policy Consultation 12 August 2003
Schools are effectively "locking out" more than a million young people from education, training or employment, the Prince's Trust has warned.
Forum Brief: Careers Information Service
Policy Consultation 29 July 2003
The health minister, Stephen Ladyman, has announced a new service providing information for people interested in a career in social care.
Forum Brief: Young people
Policy Consultation 29 July 2003
The full results from a national survey on smoking, drinking and drug misuse among young people in England in 2002 have been published on Tuesday by the Department of
Forum Brief: Youth activities
Policy Consultation 15 July 2003
Arts minister Estelle Morris has launched a £25 million "positive activities for young people" initiative in association with the Youth Justice Board.
Forum Brief: Voting age
Policy Consultation 14 July 2003
The Electoral Commission has this week launched a consultation on the minimum age for voting and candidacy in UK elections.
Forum Brief: Child welfare
Policy Consultation 25 June 2003
The government this week rejected calls for a ban on parents smacking their children.
Forum Brief: Child services
Policy Consultation 24 June 2003
The government has pledged a new cash boost for local authorities in deprived areas.
Forum Brief: Cloning
Policy Consultation 11 June 2003
The man who cloned Dolly the Sheep has been given the go-ahead by Britain's fertility watchdog to use human eggs and embryos to create stem cells.
Forum Brief: Sexual health
Policy Consultation 11 June 2003
The Commons health select committee has said that long term underfunding of the NHS has led to an "appalling" level of sexual health services.
