Petition · past parliament

Make class discrimination illegal.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Amend the Equality Act 2010 so that class discrimination is a prohibited ground of discrimination or introduce a separate Prohibition of Class Discrimination Act.
Covid 19 has made many more people realise the essential and equally valuable contributions that people from different classes make. However, the life expectancies from people from working classes is lower than wealthier people living in neighbouring boroughs. Similarly the characterisation of people as 'chavs', 'having a chip on their shoulder' or attending 'bog standard comprehensives' is both insulting and limiting of people's potential. Access to education and employment ought not to be related to class nor ought salaries of those from poorer backgrounds remain lower than people from wealthier backgrounds performing the same employment roles.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: Make socio-economic status a protected characteristic

Timeline

1 Dec 2020 Petition opened for signatures
7 Dec 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 7 Dec 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.