Some people are just convinced that government can solve problems like unfairness.

Jena McGregor reports at the Washington Post.

To reduce bias, U.K. companies and universities will start hiding applicant names

On Monday, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announced that several public and private employers had agreed to make job applications for new graduates anonymous in an effort to reduce potential discrimination. Cameron’s office said that private employers such as HSBC, Deloitte, Virgin Money and KPMG, as well as government employers such as Britain’s civil service, had committed to removing the names of potential new employees from their initial applications to avoid revealing their ethnic or minority backgrounds.

For some of these companies, names won’t be the only piece of data missing. Deloitte recently announced that its U.K. business would begin using a school-blind hiring process for entry-level employees and junior associates, “hiding” their education pedigree until an offer has been made in an effort to level the playing field.

The British leader also shared in an op-ed Monday that his government has agreed with UCAS, the U.K. body that processes college admissions, that it too will keep names off applications as of 2017. Reports said that student candidates would be identified by a code, and a name would be shared once they get an interview.

The name-blind applications were part of a flurry of new announcements from Cameron’s office that relate broadly to his efforts to reach what he calls “real equality.”