She had also been serving as Women and Equalities minister.
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The Government Equalities Office did not return Broadly's request for comment.
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The hostility experienced by transgender people on a daily basis undermines their careers, living standards and access to services, the Women and Equalities Committee, which monitors the performance of the government's Equalities Office, said in a report.
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Labour is now under investigation by Britain's Equalities and Human Rights Commission.
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Flexible working for both men and women — including job shares, and working from home — is key to addressing the gender pay gap, according to the Women and Equalities Committee, which monitors the performance of the government's Equalities Office.
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That mindset actually harms the fight for racial, gender, and other social equalities.
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"The evidence we heard was heartbreaking," said Maria Miller, chairwoman of the Women and Equalities Committee.
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Britain's new education and equalities secretary, Justine Greening, is state-educated and in a same-sex relationship.
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Just 13 years after its passage, that legislation was deemed "outdated" by a Women and Equalities Committee inquiry.
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The UK's Government Equalities Office estimates that there are approximately 200,000 to 500,000 trans people in the nation.
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We therefore welcome the Women and Equalities Select Committee inquiry into Transgender Equality and look forward to hearing its recommendations.
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They're pursuing a claim against the government's equalities office, calling for a judicial review of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
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The main opposition Labour Party's spokeswoman for women and equalities Dawn Butler said Field should be immediately suspended or sacked.
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"Gender equality is not just a moral imperative, it is good business," said Britain's Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt.
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The government's Women and Equalities Select Committee concluded that NDAs are being abused and use of them needs to be curtailed.
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"These women are not a security threat, they're just average French Muslim women," Akeela Ahmed, a London-based equalities campaigner, said.
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Penny Mordaunt, Britain's women and equalities minister, said the victory to legalize abortion should now bring change north of the Irish border.
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Dawn Butler, Labour's Shadow Women and Equalities Minister, said recently that the party would support trans women standing on women-only shortlists.
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Maria Miller, another Conservative lawmaker and chairwoman of the Women and Equalities Committee, said the law against sexual harassment should be toughened.
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These investments, in turn, made it easier for people to adapt to change, and fostered ever greater equalities of income and opportunity.
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There is nothing about a generic commitment to sex equality that inevitably includes commitment to equalities across racial, ethnic, religious, or class lines.
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Part of the Equalities Act 2010 was created to lessen its impact in employment and ensure disclosure wouldn't jeopardize careers or future opportunities.
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Penny Mordaunt, Britain's women and equalities minister, said that the victory to legalise abortion should now bring change north of the Irish border.
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The Government Equalities Office declined to comment, saying in a statement that it "continues to work on supporting groups to participate in politics".
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Only last year we had the Women and Equalities Committee's transgender equality inquiry in Parliament, and there's loads of legislation [in this area].
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The sands really started to shift when Higgins was contacted by Conservative MP Maria Miller, chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee.
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Boris Johnson was last year reported to the Equalities Commission after comparing Muslim women who wear burqas to "letter boxes" and bank robbers.
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Among the French politicians sharing Laguerre's video was equalities minister Marlène Schiappa, who is also the architect of the new anti–sexual harassment law.
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Simone Pound, who works as Head of Equalities at the PFA, described the session as a "welcome addition to the education that players receive".
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About half of the roughly 10,500 employers that reported have outlined how they will tackle their pay gap, according to the Government Equalities Office.
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Boris Johnson was last year reported to the Equalities Commission after he compared Muslim women who wear burqas to "letter boxes" and bank robbers.
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Parliament's Women and Equalities committee published a report in July proposing that future EHRC guidance on sex and gender should be approved by MPs.
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Maria Miller — chair of the new Women and Equalities Select Committee — called for the Government to "strip back" talking about gender unless it was essential.
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Announcing the ban, Britain's equalities minister, Penny Mordaunt, said she was concerned that so many LGBT people were still being offered such an "abhorrent practice".
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Having more women in politics means more attention is paid to issues which specifically affect women, in areas like childcare, domestic violence, and equalities legislation.
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The announcement follows the launch of an inquiry on Tuesday into workplace sexual harassment by the all-party Women and Equalities Committee in Britain's parliament.
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"The (Treasury) Committee is disappointed by the chancellor's response," said Nicky Morgan, chair of the Treasury Committee and a former minister for women and equalities.
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"I knew [conversion] therapy existed, but I didn't know it was happening in Malta," said Equalities and European Minister Helena Dalli, who created the law.
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Their male-dominated cultures leave many women vulnerable to abuse by men - relatives and partners alike - according to evidence given to the Women and Equalities Committee.
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After the vote in the Irish Republic, Britain's minister for women and equalities, Penny Mordaunt, said the vote there gave hope to women in Northern Ireland.
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"We will continue to work together with Liberty and Amnesty International UK to protect the fundamental rights and equalities the LGBT community have worked so hard for."
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Comparing Muslim women to 'letterboxes'Boris Johnson was last year reported to the Equalities Commission after comparing Muslim women who wear burqas to "letter boxes" and bank robbers.
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The data suggests overwhelmingly that gender equalities lead to more wealth and less poverty, and of course, equal access to education is a huge component of that.
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Comparing Muslim women to 'letterboxes'Boris Johnson was in 2018 reported to the Equalities Commission after comparing Muslim women who wear burqas to "letter boxes" and bank robbers.
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Parliamentarians on the Equalities and Human Rights Committee had considered whether the bill should be amended to include compensation but decided it was "not appropriate in the Scottish context".
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Footage of her assault was replayed by news outlets around the world, and politicians including the Mayor of Paris and the French equalities minister expressed shock and outrage online.
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The oft-discussed issue of uniforms came up in meeting held by the U.K.'s Women and Equalities Committee, which was created in 2013 to examine gender equality issues.
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Parliamentarians on the Equalities and Human Rights Committee had considered whether the bill should be amended to include compensation but decided it was "not appropriate in the Scottish context".
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On September 9th the equalities minister, Nick Gibb, said his office would review evidence that EU citizens were being illegally prevented from applying for jobs and renting or buying houses.
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"We recognize that in order to close the gap entirely, we still need a much wider cultural change," Penny Mordaunt, the minister for women and equalities, said in a statement.
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When the Lib Dems went into coalition with Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives, she served as a parliamentary undersecretary of state in the business department, later becoming a junior equalities minister.
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The Equalities and Human Rights Commission in Britain is responsible for enforcing the reporting of gender pay gap statistics, but has no say over what businesses do to improve those statistics.
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The tempest exposed the ambiguous treatment of gender issues in a country whose Constitution guarantees wide-ranging equalities that conflict with a high rate of rape and other violence against women.
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"Everyone in this country should feel safe and happy to be who they are, and to love who they love, without judgment or fear," said Penny Mordaunt, minister for women and equalities.
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LONDON — The British government is complicit in a system that's perpetuating the gender pay gap and undermining productivity, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Women and Equalities Select Committee.
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"My head of department wanted to know which appointments were not covered by the Equalities Act, with no details or explanation to me as to why they wanted that information," explains Shaun.
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She is a leader of the party's Women2Win campaign to recruit more female MPs, and since last year has combined her main cabinet post with a position as minister for "women and equalities".
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On Wednesday, Perkins testified before the British Parliament's Women and Equalities Committee about Weinstein's history of using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to silence women who have accused him of sexual harassment or assault.
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British-based employers are under heightened scrutiny over their pay structures and companies with more than 250 staff have to report their gender pay gap by April 4 to the Government Equalities Office.
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A 2016 report by the women and equalities select committee recommended all jobs be made flexible "by default from the outset" unless there is a strong business case for them not to be.
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Meanwhile in England, the equalities minister, Penny Mordaunt, has faced calls to get on with a promised review of the work of the Gender Identity Development Service, the country's only gender clinic for children.
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The newly minted MP quickly resigned from the women and equalities parliamentary committee, to which he had somehow been elected, and claimed to have been on a "journey of education" since writing the posts.
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LONDON — Large companies will be required to publish the difference between the average pay of their male and female employees under new plans announced in a report by the Government Equalities Office on Friday.
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UK employers with more than 250 staff have to report their gender pay gap by April 513 to the Government Equalities Office, almost 50 years on from the passage of Britain's equal pay act.
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The Petitions and Women and Equalities Committees said discriminatory dress codes remained widespread in Britain and the existing law — the Equality Act 2010 — did not fully protect employees from gender discrimination in the workplace.
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Since the first woman MP was elected nearly 100 years ago, 453 females have become lawmakers - which is exactly how many men are in parliament today, the all-party Women and Equalities Committee said.
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Her measures will sit alongside a commitment from the minister for women and equalities, Amber Rudd, to offer 2.5 million pounds ($3.5 million) for schemes to increase women's participation in political and public life.
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GMT with Stonewall statement LONDON — The British government has a long way to go to ensure equality for transgender people, says a landmark report published Thursday by the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee.
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"Without a shadow of a doubt, PrEP would have worked for me, and countless people like me," says Juno Roche, an equalities campaigner and patron of cliniQ, a sexual health service for the trans community.
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Two-thirds of female MPs said progress on tackling violence against women in politics had impacted their willingness to stand for re-election, according to a survey last month for parliament's Women and Equalities Committee.
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Cover image: Zelda Perkins, former assistant to Harvey Weinstein, giving evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee at the House of Commons on the subject of sexual harassment in the workplace, Wednesday March 28, 2018.
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The equalities office said that it had heard from people who, 20 to 40 years ago, struggled to access psychologists who could have helped them make informed decisions about medical interventions they underwent at the time.
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It's fair to say that the PFA Equalities team do a lot of vital work in partnership with the Premier League to promote equality and diversity in relation to age, disability, faith, gender, race and sexuality.
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"My committee will continue to pursue urgent action to reduce the gender pay gap – starting by questioning the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (Justine Greening) on this inadequate response to our recommendations," Miller said.
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Two thirds of female lawmakers told a survey by parliament's Women and Equalities Committee in November that progress on tackling violence and online abuse against women in politics impacted their willingness to stand for re-election.
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"We stand here today united together in solidarity with our U.S. neighbors, our friends, our colleagues, our family and all of those affected across the LGBT community," Scottish National Party equalities spokeswoman, Angela Crawley, told Sky News.
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"This tool will empower both men and women to challenge this issue in their profession and help people to make more informed decisions about their career," Minister for Women and Equalities Justine Greening said in a statement.
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"We have more women in work, more women-led businesses than ever before and the highest proportion of women on the boards of our biggest companies," said Minister for Women and Equalities Justine Greening in a statement.
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"Helping women to reach their full potential isn't only the right thing to do, it makes good economic sense and is good for British business," Justine Greening, the minister for women and equalities, said in a statement.
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" Mr. Hammond replied that Justine Greening, the minister for women and equalities, was in the process of announcing by letter "that she intends to intervene to fund abortions in England for women arriving here from Northern Ireland.
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The equalities office said it wanted to hear from parents who had to register the birth of a baby whose gender was not clear, as well as intersex people's experiences of healthcare, education, the workplace and sports facilities.
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"It is utterly shameful that in 2018, unwanted sexual comments, touching, groping and assault are seen as an everyday occurrence and part of the culture in many workplaces," said Maria Miller, chairwoman of the Women and Equalities Committee.
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"This government is committed to building an inclusive society that works for everyone, no matter what their gender or sexuality and we're taking the next step forward," said Minister for Women and Equalities Justine Greening in a statement.
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Maria Miller, who heads parliament's Women and Equalities Committee, said the use of NDAs in discrimination and harassment cases was "at best murky and at worst a convenient vehicle for covering up unlawful activity with legally sanctioned secrecy".
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"I'm calling on women across Britain to use their position as employees and consumers to demand more from businesses, ensuring their talents are given the recognition and reward they deserve," said Nicky Morgan, the equalities minister and education secretary.
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Chairwoman of the Women and Equalities Committee, Maria Miller, called on the government to act on recommendations made by the committee last March in order to meet a government pledge to end the gender pay gap within a generation.
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The government announced action on Tuesday to ensure people are aware of their rights after a report on workplace harassment by the parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee found the government, regulators and employers all failing to tackle the issue.
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"It is concerning to think that people in the UK may be afraid to visit the doctor or feel unable to take part at school because they are not receiving the support they need or deserve," equalities minister Susan Williams said.
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"This government is committed to building an inclusive society that works for everyone, no matter what their gender or sexuality and today we're taking the next step forward," Justine Greening, minister for the Women and Equalities department, told Pink News.
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"The UK has a proud record of promoting equality for LGBT people and we continue to be recognized as one of the leading progressive countries in Europe for LGBT rights," a spokeswoman for Britain's Government Equalities Office said in an email.
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Brighton & Hove City Council's lead member for equalities, Councillor Emma Daniel defended the move, saying that the additional text about gender identity was "in response to calls from families, young people and schools to show an inclusive approach to gender".
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According to the new report from the Women and Equalities Committee, the UK government is "complicit" in a system that undermines women in work and perpetuates the wage gap, which currently stands at 19.2 percent for full and part-time workers.
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"It was a very welcome step, but it feels like an empty promise at the moment," Ogston said, complaining that his organization has worked to discuss the details of the pledge with the Government Equalities Office (GEO), but hasn't heard back.
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"By advising women about their legal options and increasing their understanding of equalities and discrimination law, we will be able to help them make informed choices about next steps including how to navigate the legal system with confidence," she said.
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The UK Women and Equalities Committee found in 2016 that Muslim women are three times as likely to be unemployed and looking for a job than non-Muslim women—and the decision on headscarves could isolate them from the workplace even further.
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New parents Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, from Hammersmith, west London, were pursuing a claim against the government's equalities office, calling for a judicial review of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, which currently prevents heterosexual couples from entering into such a union.
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The all-party Women and Equalities Committee said it aims to keep women safe in the workplace, improve handling of complaints and review legal protections for those accused of abuse, such as non-disclosure agreements, which may be used to silence victims.
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" Nicky Morgan, the women and equalities minister, said she wanted to see "an end to all-male boards anywhere on the FTSE 350" as well as "much more progress at the executive layer where we know progress has been slowest to date.
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"By advising women about their legal options and increasing their understanding of equalities and discrimination law, we will be able to help them make informed choices about next steps, including how to navigate the legal system with confidence," she said in a statement.
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In the United Kingdom, where large companies are required to conduct pay audits and fill unexplained differences in the gender gap, "any differences of between 3 percent and 5 percent or more should warrant further investigation," according to the U.K. Government Equalities Office's guide.
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In the latest, bizarre news on that front, a senior member of Birmingham's city council told a Catholic-run school it was in breach of equalities legislation when it informed the parents of a four-year-old girl that she could not attend classes in a hijab.
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Top jobs remain dominated by men, with nearly three-quarters of companies in the FTSE 333, the biggest firms listed on the London Stock Exchange, and 90 percent of the next-biggest FTSE 250 companies, having no female executive directors, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission said.
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"The Jewish community is a tiny part of the country that's always suffered from prejudice, and it has relied for a long time on relations with the central government," said Adam Wagner, a human rights lawyer who is representing a complainant in the equalities watchdog's investigation into Labour.
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If [former Education Secretary Michael] Gove is serious about wanting to bring back O-levels, the government will have to repeal the Equalities Act because any exam that isn't "accessible" to a functionally illiterate troglodyte with a mental age of six will be judged to be "elitist" and therefore forbidden by Harman's Law.
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These are just a few examples of how religious conservatives are using the equalities legislation which protect religious rights and other policies which promote multiculturalism and multi-faithism to undermine the concept of one law for all and the right to equality of other protected groups such as women and LGBTQ+ groups.
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"We need to start taking the next steps and ensuring that companies have action plans that are part of the reporting procedures, and that if they do not try to close their gender pay gap that they face additional fines," Dawn Butler, the shadow secretary of state for women and equalities for the opposition Labour Party, said in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
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Demands for female employees to wear revealing outfits, constantly reapply make-up and even dye their hair blonde were some of the examples of workplace discrimination cited in the study, prompting two Commons' committees to call for a review of current equality legislation in the U.K. The inquiry, conducted by Britain's Petitions Committee and Women and Equalities Committees, comes in response to a petition which called for new legislation to be introduced making it illegal to require women to wear high heels at work.
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Women directors are still relatively few in Britain despite government efforts to encourage companies to appoint more and Dorner's appointment would make Virgin Money the only FTSE 350 company to have an all female duo at the helm.. Nearly two-thirds of Britain's 350 biggest listed companies failed to reach a target of having 25 percent of female board members last year, and four-fifths had two or fewer women on their boards, an inquiry by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission into fairness, transparency and diversity found.
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We level up across Britain with higher wages, and a higher living wage, and higher productivity; we close the opportunity gap, giving millions of young people the chance to own their own homes and giving business the confidence to invest across the UK.Because it is time we unleashed the productive power not just of London and the South East but of every corner of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: the awesome foursome that are incarnated in that red white and blue flag, who together are so much more than the sum of their parts, and whose brand and political personality is admired and even loved around the world for our inventiveness, for our humour, for our universities, our scientists, our armed forces, our diplomacy for the equalities on which we insist – whether race or gender or LGBT, or the right of every girl in the world, to 12 years of quality education and for the values we stand for around the world.
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