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Equality and Human Rights Commission

The Fairer Scotland Duty, based on section 1 of the Equality Act 2010, is a strategic duty which requires that listed authorities have due regard to the need to take steps to reduce inequalities of outcome caused by socio-economic disadvantage when making strategic decisions about how to exercise their functions.

Keywords: Inequalities; Human rights; Socio-economic

Type: Web link

Audience: General audience

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