Labour accuses Badenoch of wanting to ‘turn clock back’ with plan to scrap public sector equality duty – UK politics live

Technology secretary says legal requirement that protects women, older people and others from workplace discrimination is ‘really important’Here is an extract, released by CCHQ overnight, from the speech Kemi Badenoch is giving this morning. In it, she explains why she wants to get rid of the public sector equality duty.There are so many problems [in equalities legislation] to fix. Many of them are currently as a result of the public sector equality duty in the Equality Act.It is a duty that is subjective ... with no clear rules ... and whatever its intention ... in practice, it has become a