Equality strategy
皇冠体育app government鈥檚 equality strategy sets out our vision for a strong, modern and fair Britain.
Details
皇冠体育app government鈥檚 equality strategy sets out our vision for a strong, modern and fair Britain. It is built on two principles of equality - equal treatment and equal opportunity.
This means building a society where no one is held back because of who they are, or where they come from.
New approach
皇冠体育app strategy sets out a new approach, not built on bureaucracy but aimed at:
- changing culture and attitudes
- tackling the causes of inequality
- building a stronger fairer and more cohesive society where equality is for everyone and is everyone鈥檚 responsibility
皇冠体育app government cannot and will not do this by dictating from the centre.
Instead, our strategy sets out how we will work with business, local communities and citizens to promote good practice, transparency and accountability.聽聽
皇冠体育app strategy sets out a new approach to delivering equality, moving away from the identity politics of the past and to an approach that recognises people鈥檚 individuality.聽
It explains聽a new role for government, promoting equality through transparency and behaviour change and working with businesses, the voluntary sector and wider civil society to create equal opportunities for everyone.聽
皇冠体育app equality strategy document is available in a varitey of formats and versions including easy read, large print and Welsh.
皇冠体育appresa May, Home Secretary and minister for women and equality:
鈥楨quality underpins this coalition鈥檚 guiding principles of freedom, fairness and responsibility. But in the end, it will take all of us working together to build the strong, modern and fair Britain that we all want to see.鈥� Source .
Update
皇冠体育app equality strategy: building a fairer Britain: progress report
On 22 May 2012 the聽government publised a progress report which describes how the new approach to equality,聽which is聽based on transparency, local accountability and reducing bureaucracy, is beginning to make a difference across the five key priority areas outlined in the equality strategy.