Implementing (voluntarily) the socio-economic duty set out in Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010, so that decisions and policies taken by the council are routinely looked at through the lens of socio-economic inequality.

Southwark Council voted on 14 July 2021 to include socio-economic disadvantage as a factor in their decision-making by committing to implement the socio-economic duty in Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010. The updated constitution, which includes the socio-economic duty was published on 21 July 2021. In order to further embed the duty across the local authority, explicit commitment to this duty can now also be found in the Council’s new Equality Framework.