Minister for Women and Equalities
The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP
Biography
Bridget Phillipson was appointed Minister for Women and Equalities on 8 July 2024. She was previously Secretary of State for Education from 5 July 2024 to 20 July 2026.
She was elected as the Labour MP for Houghton and Sunderland South in May 2010.
Minister for Women and Equalities
The Minister for Women and Equalities has responsibility for:
- promoting equality of opportunity for everyone, and reducing negative disparities
- strategic oversight of the government’s equality policy, for women, ethnicity, disability and LGBT+
- overall sponsorship of the Social Mobility Commission and Equality and Human Rights Commission
- overview of the overarching equalities legislative framework
Office for Equality and Opportunity, Race Equality Unit, Women and Equalities Unit, and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government