Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says she will seek to end what she describes as “identity politics” in the public sector. In her intervention, she pledges to scrap the “public sector equality duty,” a policy framework that requires public bodies to have due regard to equality considerations. Badenoch argues that the duty has contributed to the spread of identity-focused approaches across public services. The reporting frames the pledge as part of a broader effort by her party to shift public-sector decision-making toward what she calls “common sense.” The article does not set out specific legislative details, timelines, or how a replacement duty—if any—would be structured, nor does it include responses from government officials or critics of the proposal. Overall, the coverage centers on the commitment to remove the equality duty as the mechanism Badenoch identifies as driving the problem, presenting the pledge as a prominent feature of her policy agenda for public services.