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- The Equality Trust states that Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010, the socio-economic duty, remains uncommenced nationally in England, despite being active in Scotland since 2018 and Wales since 2021 (Socio-Economic Duty, The Equality Trust, March 2019, updated to include 2024 Labour manifesto).

- The government published the outcome of a consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting, including a government response and Annex A: Draft primary legislation, as part of the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill (Consultation outcome: Equality (Race and Disability) Bill: mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting, Office for Equality and Opportunity, Race Equality Unit, Disability Unit, Seema Malhotra MP and The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP, 25 March 2026). - The consultation document states the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill will include measures to make the right to equal pay effective for ethnic minority and disabled people (Consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting, Office for Equality and Opportunity, Race Equality Unit, Disability Unit, Seema Malhotra MP and The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP, March 2025).

- The government published the outcome of a consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting, including a government response and Annex A: Draft primary legislation, as part of the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill (Consultation outcome: Equality (Race and Disability) Bill: mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting, Office for Equality and Opportunity, Race Equality Unit, Disability Unit, Seema Malhotra MP and The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP, 25 March 2026). - The consultation document states the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill will include measures to make the right to equal pay effective for ethnic minority and disabled people (Consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting, Office for Equality and Opportunity, Race Equality Unit, Disability Unit, Seema Malhotra MP and The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP, March 2025).

- FullFact reports that the government states the Draft Conversion Practices Bill will be brought forward in this session of Parliament, but it has not yet been published (Is the government on course to introduce a ‘full trans-inclusive ban’ on conversion practices?, FullFact, 16 March 2026).

- The Cabinet Office announced that a new Ethics and Integrity Commission would be established to drive up standards in public life, describing it as delivery of a manifesto commitment (Ethics and Integrity Commission to drive up standards across the public sector, Cabinet Office, 21 July 2025).

- The Cabinet Office stated that the updated Ministerial Code gives the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards power to start misconduct investigations without the possibility of a Prime Ministerial veto (New Ministerial Code to set out standards in public life and restore transparency, Cabinet Office, 6 November 2024).

- The Committee on Standards report states that Members must not provide or agree to provide paid parliamentary advice, including work as a parliamentary strategist, adviser or consultant (The Code of Conduct, Committee on Standards, 10 February 2023). - This rule predates the July 2024 manifesto and should be treated as background rather than evidence that the manifesto commitment was delivered after the election. - No later official evidence of a new current-government ban or implementation step specific to this commitment has been identified.

- The Representation of the People Bill proposes extending the right to vote to 16 and 17 year olds (Votes at 16, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, updated 2 March 2026). - The Parliament bill page shows the Bill is in Commons committee stage, with report stage date to be announced and Royal Assent not yet reached (Representation of the People Bill stages, UK Parliament, accessed 29 April 2026).

- GOV.UK continues to provide the current Gender Recognition Certificate application service; no specific current-government reform legislation or policy change was identified in the reviewed official evidence (Apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate, GOV.UK, accessed 29 April 2026).

- The government announced its preferred candidate for Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission following an open competition (Government announces preferred candidate for Chair of Equality and Human Rights Commission, Office for Equality and Opportunity, 5 June 2025). - The Minister for Women and Equalities appointed two interim EHRC commissioners from 1 January 2026 and stated that the appointments would ensure the EHRC can operate effectively while fixed commissioners are recruited (Government appoints interim commissioners to the EHRC, Office for Equality and Opportunity, 22 December 2025).

- The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 received Royal Assent, removing the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords (House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026, legislation.gov.uk, 2026).

- The Representation of the People Bill proposes extending the right to vote to 16 and 17 year olds (Votes at 16, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, updated 2 March 2026). - The Parliament bill page shows the Bill is in Commons committee stage, with report stage date to be announced and Royal Assent not yet reached (Representation of the People Bill stages, UK Parliament, accessed 29 April 2026).

- The House of Commons Library states that Part 2 of the Representation of the People Bill would allow a more automated electoral registration system in which people can be added to registers without applying, and would allow pilot schemes to test ways of achieving automatic registration (Representation of the People Bill 2024-26, House of Commons Library, 4 March 2026). - The Parliament bill page shows the Bill is still in Commons committee stage and has not yet received Royal Assent (Representation of the People Bill stages, UK Parliament, accessed 29 April 2026).

- The government published Representation of the People Bill 2026 policy material stating that it believes voter ID should be retained, while expanding accepted forms of ID to include UK-issued bank cards (Voter identification, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, updated 2 March 2026).

- The Interministerial Standing Committee (IMSC) communique from 17 February 2026 stated that joint work to develop a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the Sewel Convention is ongoing (Interministerial Standing Committee meeting communique 17 February 2026, Cabinet Office, February 2026). - A planned agenda item on the development of the Memorandum of Understanding was not discussed at the 17 February 2026 IMSC meeting due to time constraints (Interministerial Standing Committee meeting communique 17 February 2026, Cabinet Office, February 2026). - The next IMSC meeting is scheduled for summer / early autumn 2026 (Interministerial Standing Committee meeting communique 17 February 2026, Cabinet Office, February 2026).

Council of Nations and Regions inaugural meeting 11 Oct 2024 in Edinburgh. Includes PM, devolved first ministers, and 13 combined authority mayors.

Council of the Nations and Regions established Oct 2024. First meeting held with PM, First Ministers, and metro mayors. Quarterly meetings planned.

- The Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) has an official organisation page on gov.uk, stating its purpose to update regulation, speed up approval times, and ensure regulatory bodies work together effectively (Regulatory Innovation Office, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, various dates up to March 2026). - Lord David Willetts is listed as the Chair of the Regulatory Innovation Office (Regulatory Innovation Office, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, various dates up to March 2026). - The RIO announced robotics and defence technology as two new priority areas on 16 January 2026 (Press release, Red tape to be slashed for British robotics and defence innovators, Regulatory Innovation Office, 16 January 2026). - The RIO published a "One Year On" report on 21 October 2025 (Policy paper, Regulatory Innovation Office report: One Year On, Regulatory Innovation Office, 21 October 2025).

- HM Treasury and The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP announced on 20 December 2024 the appointment of Tom Hayhoe as Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner, who began his role on 3 December 2024 for a fixed-term of one year (Tom Hayhoe appointed as Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner, HM Treasury, 20 December 2024). - The announcement stated that Mr Hayhoe would work across government to recoup public money lost in pandemic-related fraud and contracts that had not delivered (Tom Hayhoe appointed as Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner, HM Treasury, 20 December 2024). - The announcement confirmed that Mr Hayhoe would provide a report to be presented to Parliament at the end of his fixed term (Tom Hayhoe appointed as Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner, HM Treasury, 20 December 2024).

- The Cabinet Office, Crown Commercial Service, and Georgia Gould OBE MP announced on 14 November 2024 new controls across government to curb consultancy spending, including ministerial signoff for spend over £600,000 (New controls across government to curb consultancy spend and save over £1.2 billion by 2026, Cabinet Office, 14 November 2024). - Georgia Gould, Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office, stated on 14 November 2024 that the government was taking immediate action to stop non-essential consultancy spend in 2024-25 and intended to halve government spending on consultancy in future years, aiming to save over £1.2 billion by 2026 (New controls across government to curb consultancy spend and save over £1.2 billion by 2026, Cabinet Office, 14 November 2024). - The announcement on 14 November 2024 also noted that a new framework agreement's total value had been cut from a planned £5.7 billion over four years to £1.7 billion over two years (New controls across government to curb consultancy spend and save over £1.2 billion by 2026, Cabinet Office, 14 November 2024). - No further published evidence has been identified since 2024.

- The Procurement Act 2023 was implemented from February 2025, introducing reforms to public sector purchasing including social value requirements, simplified procurement rules, and SME-friendly provisions (Internal Briefing, Cabinet Office, pre-2026-04-09).

- The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme was established in regulations in August 2024 (Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report Government Response, Cabinet Office, 2025). - Further regulations in March 2025 expanded the eligibility of the Scheme to include affected people and introduced supplementary compensation routes (Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report Government Response, Cabinet Office, 2025). - The Infected Blood Inquiry published its Additional Report on Compensation on 9 July 2025 (Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report Government Response, Cabinet Office, 2025). - The Minister for the Cabinet Office set out changes to the scheme to Parliament on 21 July 2025, immediately accepting seven of the Inquiry's 26 recommendations (Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report Government Response, Cabinet Office, 2025). - The government aimed to have further legislation for these changes in force by the end of 2025 (Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report Government Response, Cabinet Office, 2025). - Other recommendations from the Inquiry are subject to consultation (Infected Blood Inquiry Additional Report Government Response, Cabinet Office, 2025). - The compensation scheme began accepting claims from November 2025, with £116m paid across 3,501 claims by August 2025 (Current evidence for MC-076, Cabinet Office, unspecified date). - A third set of regulations implementing recommendations was laid in October 2025 (Current evidence for MC-076, Cabinet Office, unspecified date). - A consultation on further changes closed in January 2026 (Current evidence for MC-076, Cabinet Office, unspecified date).

- A draft bill, the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill, was included in the King’s Speech in July 2024 (FullFact, 6 January 2026). - The Equality (Race and Disability) Bill has not yet been formally introduced to Parliament (FullFact, 6 January 2026). - The provision for ‘dual discrimination’ in the Equality Act has not yet been brought into force, with the Cabinet Office considering consultation responses on strengthening protections (FullFact, 6 January 2026). - No further published evidence specific to this commitment has been identified since January 2026.

- FullFact reported on 6 January 2026 that a draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill was included in the King’s Speech in July 2024 (Is the government on course to introduce a new Race Equality Act?, FullFact, 6 January 2026). - FullFact also stated on 6 January 2026 that the draft bill had not yet been formally introduced to Parliament (Is the government on course to introduce a new Race Equality Act?, FullFact, 6 January 2026). - FullFact noted on 6 January 2026 that the Cabinet Office was considering consultation responses on how to strengthen protections against dual discrimination (Is the government on course to introduce a new Race Equality Act?, FullFact, 6 January 2026).