The call comes following a campaign by care leavers for it to be included in Care Review chair Josh MacAlister’s final recommendations.
“To tackle the stigma and discrimination many care leavers face in their day to day lives, the UK should be the first country in the world to recognise the care experience as a legally protected characteristic in equalities legislation,” the report states.
This would mean care-experienced people would be protected by certain types of discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.
It adds that the change should be introduced following a consultation with care-experienced people and the devolved administrations.
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