The UK is one of the most economically and socially unequal countries in the world, according to the Equality Trust, Theo Huckle QC writes in this week’s NLJ.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a harsh light on the impact of socio-economic disadvantage. Huckle asks whether current anti-discrimination laws offer any hope for the future, and whether the pandemic might provide a platform for taking stock and effecting real change.
Some legislation, for example, s 1 of the Equality Act 2010, which requires public sector bodies to make decisions in a way designed to reduce inequalities of outcome, has ‘not yet been put to the test’ because governments have refused to bring the duty into force. Huckle looks at what lawyers can do to help.
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