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<p>Certain provisions in the Equality Act 2010 – for example permitted exceptions
from the age discrimination requirements for retail concessions to students and pensioners
– are likely to be of particular benefit to single people.</p><p>Single status is
not a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010. In the provision of goods
and services we believe there is a balance to be struck between the interests of single
people and the commercial considerations of business. The government, therefore, has
no plans to change the Equality Act 2010.</p>
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