R.I.P. to #Equality Rights in the UK

R.I.P. to Equality in local and national government, NHS and other state-funded services.

*This post is linked to the blog post I posted a few days ago, read it here:

http://dwpstories.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-uk-government-will-strip-away-some.html

Today (Wed 17th April, 2013) is a very sad day for equalities' communities, although you wouldn't know it from the newspapers and media etc today.

Yesterday (Tuesday 16th April, 2013) in Parliament, the Conservative (coalition) government voted (by 310 v 244) to get rid of the general Equality Duty (to promote and address inequality) that applies to all statutory sector organisations and all those organisations commissioned by them.

What it means for you...

You've lost quite a few Equality rights in the UK now, and this effects everyone. Here's what it means for you now:

(1) people’s ability to achieve their potential is limited by prejudice or discrimination.
(2) there is no respect for and protection of each individual’s human rights.
(3) there is no respect for the dignity and worth of each individual.
(4) each individual does not have an equal opportunity to participate in society.
(5) there is no mutual respect between groups based on understanding and valuing of diversity and on shared respect for equality and human rights.

This important news story, got lost.. got ignored by the UK Press and Media. The only way to tell people about this change, is to blog about it, and make sure the media knows about these changes.

The House of Lords repeled this. The Coalition Government... didn't. They know what they were changing.