Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has announced a plan to remove the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) as part of a wider review of the Equality Act 2010.

保守黨黨魁 Kemi Badenoch 宣布了一項計劃，打算作為全面審查 2010 年《平等法》的一環，取消公共部門平等責任 (PSED)。

The proposal is based on the claim that the PSED has stopped being a helpful tool and has instead become a barrier to effective government. Ms. Badenoch argues that the duty creates a culture of incompetence because public officials prioritize avoiding accusations of racism over doing their jobs efficiently. To support this, she mentioned the murder of Henry Nowak and security failures during the Manchester Arena bombing and the Southport murders. She suggested that a fear of being accused of racial profiling may have prevented authorities from stopping these crimes. Furthermore, the Conservative leadership claims that the PSED creates unfair situations, citing a court case where separating convicted terrorists was seen as a breach of duty toward Muslim prisoners.

該提議基於這樣一種主張：PSED 已不再是有用的工具，反而成為有效治理的障礙。Badenoch 女士認為，這項責任造成了一種「無能文化」，因為公職人員優先考慮的是避免被指控為種族主義，而非高效地履行職責。為了支持這一點，她提到了 Henry Nowak 遇害案，以及曼徹斯特競技場爆炸案和 Southport 謀殺案中的安保失敗。她暗示，對被指控為種族定型（racial profiling）的恐懼，可能阻礙了當局阻止這些罪行。此外，保守黨領導層聲稱 PSED 造成了不公平的情況，並引用了一起法院案例，其中將被定罪的恐怖分子分開安置被視為違反對穆斯林囚犯的責任。

However, there is a strong disagreement between political parties. The Labour government, represented by Technology Secretary Liz Kendall, describes the proposal as a step backward for civil rights. She emphasized that the PSED is necessary to protect disabled people, pregnant women, and older workers from discrimination. Legal experts and the Equality and Human Rights Commission also argue that the duty helps prevent discrimination before it happens, whereas removing it could lead to legal confusion and less accountability. At the same time, this move is seen as a strategy to distinguish the Conservatives from Reform UK, who want to abolish the entire Equality Act. While Ms. Badenoch believes the Act should remain as a protection for all citizens, she argues that the specific duties for public bodies have become too complex and open to interpretation.

然而，政黨之間存在強烈分歧。由科技大臣 Liz Kendall 代表的工黨政府將該提議描述為民權的後退。她強調 PSED 對於保護身心障礙者、孕婦及高齡勞工免於歧視至關重要。法律專家及平等與人權委員會也認為，該責任有助於在歧視發生前予以防止，而取消它可能會導致法律混亂並降低問責制。同時，此舉被視為一種策略，旨在將保守黨與 Reform UK 區分開來，後者希望廢除整個《平等法》。雖然 Badenoch 女士認為該法案應予以保留以保護所有公民，但她主張對公共機關的具體責任已變得過於複雜且 interpretations 空間過大。

The current situation shows a clear legislative divide between the Conservative plan to remove the PSED and the Labour government's goal to keep existing equality protections.

目前的情況顯示，保守黨取消 PSED 的計劃與工黨政府維持現有平等保護的目標之間，存在明顯的立法分歧。