Equalities in a sentence

After big picket lines in Lancaster, UCU health and equalities officer Julie Hearn told Socialist Worker that strikers are “resilient” and “committed to the strikes.

Anneliese Dodds, Labour’s Shadow Women and Equalities minister added: “A more collaborative approach to wellbeing in health should be a part of every policy.

Cllr Maria Lovell, portfolio holder for Women, Equalities and Community Safety said, ‘’The sale of illicit tobacco, vape pens and shisha is often linked to wider organised criminal activity, so we have good reason to be vigilant.

Councillor Andrew Anderson, convener for education, equalities, culture and leisure, told the Barrhead News: “It is fantastic to see this facility completed and the school will now reap the benefits of having sports facilities which meet their needs.

However, in 2021Christina McKelvie was appointed Minister for Equalities and Older People, demonstrating that the SNP Government saw the needs and issues affecting our ageing population.

In other comments criticised by equalities campaigners, she says offering asylum to a person because they are discriminated against in their home country for being gay or a woman is not sustainable.

Last year she ran as an SNP candidate for Dundee City Council in west end ward 3. She was elected, and currently serves as the council's equalities spokesperson.

Mr Jack has insisted that the proposals encroach on UK-wide legislation such as the Equalities Act, which would justify the use of the power which has never been used before in the history of Scottish devolution.

Ms Badenoch, who is also the minister for women and equalities, told the Conservative Party conference that “Labour didn’t like” the Government’s Inclusive Britain Report.

On what she spoke to Anne about, the MP said: “Why I received this honour, which was for the work that I did when I was a minister, passing the Equal Marriage Act, and also for establishing the Women and Equalities Select Committee.

Speaking after the women and equalities minister gave a statement on gender recognition reforms, Sir Chris said: “I feel today, as a gay man, less safe than I did three years or five years ago.

The BBC reports that while serving as equalities minister in 2018, she brought in legislation outlawing catcalling and street harassment.

The Gender Recognition Reform Bill has been blocked by the UK government over its potential impact on equalities laws that apply across Scotland, England and Wales.

The party's equalities spokeswoman Maggie Chapman MSP said: "This is a shameful intervention from the Labour leader, who is showing a total disregard for the rights of trans people in Scotland and beyond.

The responsibility now falls to the new minister for equalities, migration and refugees.

The UK’s equalities minister, Kemi Badenoch, has announced a review of the list of countries whose gender recognition certificates are recognised by the UK.

The UK's equalities watchdog said earlier this year the Labour Party had made sufficient changes over the last two years to tackle anti-semitism.

Women and Equalities spokesperson Christine Jardine challenged Scottish Secretary Alister Jack to come up with a single clause in Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill which undermined the provisions of the Equality Act.

After days of No 10 refusing to comment, Keir Starmer’s deputy spokesperson said the only assessment made before the policy announcement was a standard legal one of potential equalities impacts.

After her support for Liz Truss paid off, Kemi Badenoch was appointed Cabinet member, taking up the role of international trade secretary—a position she kept when Rishi Sunak took over, pairing it with the women and equalities brief.