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EU data protection
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

What is the updated EHRC code of practice about and how does it apply?

The Equality and Human Rights Commission issues Equality Act guidance, including practical application of a Supreme Court ruling on single-sex spaces and women-only services.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

The Guardian view on the class crisis in the arts: the UK's culture must not become the preserve of the elite | Editorial

A socioeconomic duty on public bodies was included in 2010's Equality Act, but has never been enacted. Now Class Ceiling, a review from Manchester University, co-chaired by the former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal, is calling for change. It wants class to be made a legally protected characteristic like race and sex (and several others), to address the class crisis in the arts not just in the north-west but across the UK.
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