Petition · Cabinet Office
Enact the Socio-Economic Duty of the Equality Act 2010.
Closed
222 signatures
What the petition asks
To enact the Socio-Economic Duty of the Equality Act 2010.
This requires public bodies to consider inequalities resulting from socio-economic disadvantage when making certain decisions. Successive governments have not enacted the Duty.
This requires public bodies to consider inequalities resulting from socio-economic disadvantage when making certain decisions. Successive governments have not enacted the Duty.
We think income and wealth inequalities have devastating effects on the lives of the working class in the UK. We think the Equality Act 2010 was a significant step in tackling social and economic inequalities. Chief amongst its measures was the Socio-economic Duty, ‘designed to reduce the inequalities of outcome which result from socio-economic disadvantage’.
We think the unenacted first part of the Equality Act can help initiate a wider change in tackling entrenched class discrimination.
We think the unenacted first part of the Equality Act can help initiate a wider change in tackling entrenched class discrimination.
Timeline
| 29 Nov 2024 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 May 2025 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
222
Status
Closed
Department
Cabinet Office
Opened
29 Nov 2024
Closed
29 May 2025
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 8 Aug 2026.