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Government Equalities Office to move to Cabinet Office from 1 April 2019

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In an oral statement to Parliament, Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt has said -

‘To ensure that the Government Equalities Office is at the heart of this government’s work the Prime Minister has agreed that it will join the Cabinet Office from the 1st of April next year. This machinery of government change will provide a permanent home for the Government Equalities Office in line with the key recommendations from the Women and Equalities Select Committee earlier this year. It will enable the GEO to have even more influence and leverage within government, working with the Race Disparity Unit, and the Office of Disability Issues, and others, to drive meaningful progress on equalities, and I think this will be a step-up in the work that the Government Equalities Office can do to reduce inequality in the UK.’

Government Equalities Office to join Cabinet Office

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Penny Morduant has also announced that the Government Equalities Office will focus on low paid, low skilled women in its work on gender -

Penny Mordaunt’s new mission for Government Equalities Office