{"id":40430,"date":"2026-06-09T12:53:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/40430\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:53:31","slug":"watch-live-kemi-badenoch-calls-for-public-sector-equality-laws-to-be-scrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/40430\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch LIVE &#8211; Kemi Badenoch calls for public sector equality laws to be scrapped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Watch LIVE - Kemi Badenoch calls for public sector equality laws to be scrapped\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P8Ak6jUHndA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nWatch LIVE &#8211; Kemi Badenoch calls for public sector equality laws to be scrapped<br \/>\n<br \/>\nKemi Badenoch is announcing her plans to remove rules which require police officers, nurses and teachers to consider equality issues in their day-to-day work. <\/p>\n<p>The Conservative Party leader is pledging to remove the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), which requires all public sector workers to consider how their work may affect people with different protected characteristics. <\/p>\n<p>It comes a week after a political row broke out over whether the police response to the murder of Henry Nowak was influenced by equality law. 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