Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the claim that the tie-break criterion introduced under the Equality Act 2010 is not really positive action as is claimed by its government sponsors. It evaluates this claim by locating the tie-break into equal opportunities theory, taking into...

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Purpose: This article explores to what extent the long debate in England over the funding of long-term care (LTC) has involved learning from abroad. Design/methodology/approach: It draws on Mossberger and Wolman’s (2003) framework which proposes criteria for assessing policy transfer as a form...