Kemi Badenoch Defends Equality Act Amidst Culture War Debate
Kemi Badenoch is being praised for defending the Equality Act, while also facing scrutiny over her suggestion to replace its protections with 'common sense.' This stance is seen by some as an attempt to win back Reform supporters in a broader culture war.
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Can Equality Act protections be replaced with common sense, as Kemi Badenoch suggests?
The Tory leader says the public sector duty to consider minorities encourages division but legal experts warn abolishing it will fuel discrimination For more than two decades, an important part of Britain’s equality laws ensured public institutions had to think about the impact the decisions they make could have on different groups within society. Introduced in the wake of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry, the public sector equality duty required public bodies – such as local councils, police for...
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