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Equality Bill receives Royal Assent
13 April 2010
The Equality Bill, which contains a series of measures for tackling inequalities, received Royal Assent last week. The Equalities and Human Rights Committee hopes this will help Britain to become a fairer society.
Some of the specific measures in the bill include:
► Making the law easier to understand and implement bysimplifying 116 pieces of equality legislation into a single Actfor individuals, public authorities and private organisations.
► Giving people the right not to be treated less favourably by public authorities because of their age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or transgender status; as well as their disability, gender, or race which were already covered.
► Extending anti-age discrimination rules to include goods, facilities and services, thereby stopping people being unfairly refused insurance or medical treatments based on what age they are, for example.
You can find moreinformation about the Equality Bill athttp://www.equalityhumanrights.com/legislative-framework/equality-bill/
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