The Report makes a number of recommendations for future action. It contains ‘ten steps to greater equality, which complement and reinforce each other, each contributing to a systematic overall framework for creating a more equal British society’. Key recommendations include:
· A simpler legal framework. Specifically, the Review notes that equalities legislation needs to be simpler, more coherent and more outcome-focused.
· A more sophisticated enforcement regime. In particular, the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights needs to play a more dynamic role in enforcement than has been possible for the equality commissions in the past.
· Measuring progress towards equality. The Review recommends the introduction of a comprehensive framework for measuring progress towards equality.
· Targeted action on persistent inequalities. A toolkit and ‘Equalities Scorecard’, based on the framework of measurement, to give organisations the means to plan targeted action on the most persistent inequalities.
The Review’s recommendations, along with any recommendations of the ongoing Discrimination Law Review, will influence the content of forthcoming Green Paper which will lead to a Single Equality Bill being laid before Parliament. The final Report can be found here.