On 27 August 2016, the Prime Minister Theresa May launched an audit of public services to reveal racial disparities and to help end the injustices that many people experience.
In August 2016, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) published its concluding observations on the UK’s twenty-first to twenty-third periodic reports.
On 18 August 2016, the Equality and Human Rights Commission published ‘Healing a divided Britain: the need for a comprehensive race equality strategy’.
The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No.11) Order 2016 (SI 839/2016) brought section 78 of the Equality Act 2010 into force on 22 August 2016.
The Welsh Government’s consultation on a National Strategy on Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence closed on 10 October 2016.
On 18 August 2016, the Government Equalities Office published a consultation on ‘Mandatory Gender Pay Gap Reporting – Public Sector Employers’. The consultation ran from 18 August to 30 September.
Close the Gap is a partnership project working in Scotland on women’s participation in the labour market. The project works with employers, employees and policymakers to enable and encourage action to address the causes of women’s inequality at work.
The 2016 judicial diversity statistics were published on 28 July 2016 as well as the First Progress Report – Judicial Diversity Committee of the Judges’ Council.
The Scottish Government is consulting on proposals for a Child Poverty Bill. The consultation opened on 8 August and closed on 30 September 2016.
In August 2016, the Labour Party’s Shadow Women and Equalities team launched a race equality consultation seeking views on tackling racism and discrimination in modern Britain. There is currently no closing date for the consultation.
