Rejected petition: Accents protected under the Equality Act
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Amend the 2010 Equality Act to introduce accents as a protected characteristic
The Equality Act has protected millions of people from discrimination against themselves and accents being a key part of someone’s identity and something that people can easily discriminate against. It’s unclear why they aren’t already protected
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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Add “accent” as a protected characteristic under Section 4 of the Equality Act
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754258
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