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Equality and diversity policies 'already paying dividends', reports Home Office
The Government has published a progress report highlighting the achievements made since the first cross-government equality strategy was launched in 2010.
The strategy marked a change in focus, moving away from regulation, legislation and coercion. Instead, the Government is concentrating its efforts on developing intelligent, light-touch, common sense policies that have a demonstrable impact on people's lives.
Equalities minister Lynne Featherstone said: "Effective equalities policy works with the grain of human nature, not against it. That's why we abandoned the last government's approach of simply trying to dictate how people should behave.
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