Liberal Democrats Our plan to promote equality and human rights



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As we gear up for the General Election, we're sharing our pre-manifesto
policies through a series of emails, focusing on the Fair Deal we're
championing in key areas.

The pre-manifesto is an early version of the party’s manifesto for the
General Election, setting out our core values and vision. More details on these
policies, and how they will be implemented, will be outlined when the full
manifesto is published.

As today marks the first day of LGBT+ History Month, here's a snapshot of our
plans for rights and equality 🔽




Why we need a Fair Deal for Equality



The term ‘liberal’ is in our name because we exist to champion an open and
free society.

We believe everyone should be able to live their lives as who they are, free
from judgement and persecution, and with the ability to realise their full
potential. Diversity is one of the UK’s greatest strengths and should be
celebrated.

But in the past few years, progress has stalled. The Government has yet to
ban conversion “therapy” practices, it flirts with tearing up the Human Rights
Act, and it openly challenges international norms with legislation like the
Rwanda Bill on asylum seekers. Too often, their language divides rather than
unites.

We cannot let progress backslide. We must confront prejudice and
discrimination wherever it exists.


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Promoting equality



We will stand up for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. To advance
equality, we will:

✅ Develop and implement a comprehensive Race Equality Strategy.

✅ Tackle institutional biases, ensuring that diversity is reflected
throughout public life.

✅ Respect and defend the rights and identities of all LGBT+ people, including
trans and non-binary people.

✅ Ban all forms of Conversion Practices.




Empowering all



Everyone deserves to be able to live to their full potential. To these ends,
people must have full control over their lives, able to make the decisions
which work best for them.

We will:

✅ Give everyone the right to flexible working and every person with
disabilities theright to work from home if they want to, unless significant
business reasons prevent it.

✅ Protect everyone’s right to make independent decisions over their
reproductive health without interference by the state, and ensure access to
high-quality reproductive healthcare.


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Legislative protections



We must defend existing laws which offer us fundamental protections and pursue
new laws to cover areas where policy is lacking.

We will:

✅ Champion the Human Rights Act and resist any attempts to weaken or repeal
it.

✅ Scrap the Conservatives’ draconian anti-protest laws, restoring
pre-existing protections for peaceful assembly and public safety.

✅ Make misogyny a hate crime and give police and prosecutors the resources
and training toprevent and prosecute all hate crimes while supporting survivors.

✅ Place a statutory duty of care on all social media platforms to prevent
well-defined harms, based on clear evidence, andintroduce a Digital Bill of
Rights to protect everyone’s rights online, including the rights to privacy,
free expression, and participation without being subjected to harassment and
abuse.


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That’s the fair deal for equality and rights that we’ll be fighting for at the
General Election.

Stay tuned for the next edition of our Fair Deal series - coming to your
inbox soon!

Best wishes,




Liberal Democrats



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