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  • Minister calls for at risk groups to get booster jabs

    Crucial research into the disproportionate impact of Covid on ethnic minority groups helped shape the response to the pandemic and increase vaccine uptake in those communities, a report by the Minister for Equalities, Kemi …

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government meets businesses supporting LGBT people at work

    The Government’s LGBT Business Champion, Iain Anderson, is today [Thursday 18th November] hosting businesses and charities at the Manchester Science and Industry Museum to discuss LGBT inclusion in the workplace.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government progresses ban on LGBT Conversion Therapy

    Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, today (29 October) vowed to protect LGBT people, and especially under 18s, from harmful conversion therapies as she set out proposals to ban the practice.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Birbalsingh to be appointed as chair of Social Mobility Commission

    With the government looking to level up every region of the UK, Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, today (10th October) announced that Katharine Birbalsingh CBE is the preferred candidate for the role of Chair of …

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Minister for Women celebrates extension of UN Women's Rights Convention to Jersey

    Baroness Berridge welcomes the extension of the UN Women's Convention to Jersey.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government report shows improving vaccine confidence among ethnic minority groups

    Today (25 May) the Minister for Equalities, Kemi Badenoch MP, and COVID-19 hero GP, Dr Farzana Hussain, will issue a joint call for everyone to take the vaccine when they are offered it.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government sets out plan to ban conversion therapy

    Following the Queen’s Speech Tuesday 11 May 2021, Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, has confirmed that the government will take legislative steps to ban conversion therapy.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Gender Recognition Certificate fee reduced

    The government has reduced the Gender Recognition Certificate fee to £5.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Recruitment starts for new Social Mobility Commission Chair

    The Equality Hub begins recruitment for a new Chair of the Social Mobility Commission (SMC).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Minister for Equalities' speech on the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities' report

    Transcript of Kemi Badenoch MP's speech in the House of Commons on the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities' report

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • The Social Mobility Commission joins Cabinet Office

    The SMC is now sponsored by the Minister for Women and Equalities, as part of the Equality Hub, to advise on the importance of social mobility in the UK.

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  • Government updates on identifying and tackling COVID-19 disparities

    Today the Minister for Equalities, Kemi Badenoch MP, will publish the second quarterly report to the Prime Minister and Health Secretary on progress to understand and tackle COVID-19 disparities experienced by individuals fr…

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Fight For Fairness

    The Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, sets out the Government's new approach to tackling inequality across the UK.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • ‘Fight For Fairness’ speech to set out government’s new approach to equality

    The Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, sets out the government's new approach to tackling inequality across the UK.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government