Responding to the Equality and Human Rights Commission
(EHRC) assessment of the 2010 Spending Review published today (Monday), TUC
General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
"The findings from the EHRC investigation should
help the government pay closer attention to the impact its policies are having
on women and minority groups.
"The assessment also shows how the equality duty is
helping public sector bodies to 'equality proof' policies and ensure that there
is more evidence behind crucial government decisions.
"But no duty however strong can undo the damage
caused by the government's austerity programme, which has sent women's
unemployment to a 25-year high and led to the scaling back and closure of
thousands of charities that provide vital support to minority groups."
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