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Theresa May has today announced that the socio-economic duty, which was created as part of the 2010 Equality Act, will be scrapped.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of Mr Justice Linden, Ms Gloria Mills and Mr Anthony Stanworth on 05 June 2020.
Watch a video message by the Deputy Prime Minister to mark the London Pride celebrations this weekend.
A look at stories coming from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and its network of posts this week.
Employment Tribunal decision.
The High Commission marked IDAHO with a presentation of a cheque to Equal Ground, a non-profit organisation seeking rights for this community in Sri Lanka.
A competition to design a logo to unite sports clubs, fans and players behind a government campaign to kick homophobia and transphobia out of sport was launched by the Minister for Equalities Lynne Featherstone today.
Stonewall has named the Home Office as the best public sector employer of the year for lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of Mrs Justice Simler on 5 October 2017.
The importance of tackling abuse of the family migration route and promoting better community integration for those who come to live permanently in the UK was reaffirmed today by Immigration Minister Damian Green.
This is the first room in King Charles Street, the home of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, that is named after an LGBT+ diplomat, Graeme Watkins.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Stephen O'Brien's speech on World Population Day to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health and International Planned Parenthood Federation, 11 July 2011.
Government launches new consultation on family migration which opens up the debate on Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Speech by the Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development
The Home Office leads the way among government departments as a LGBT employer.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Separating couples will be helped by a new £2 million package of support aimed at avoiding expensive and confrontational courtroom battles.
"Pride says to Londoners, Britain and the world: be yourself. Live freely and openly.” Prime Minister David Cameron
Newly-weds who couldn’t speak each other’s language jailed after UKBA investigation revealed marriage was a means to live in the UK.
Stonewall’s 2011 Workplace Equality Index puts the Foreign Office in 16th place this year out of 378 entries, compared to 17th last year.
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