‘Do NOT use skin colour as a proxy for disadvantage’: Tory Equalities Minister says ‘white privilege’ should not be taught in schools after growing up in Nigeria showed her ‘the more ethnicity is emphasised, the weaker national identity becomes’ Kemi Badenoch says the term ‘white privilege’ is ‘unnecessarily antagonistic’ Minister says it should not be … Read more
Vaccine passports could be unlawful, create a ‘two-tier society’ and discriminate against migrants, ethnic minorities and the poor, Britain’s equalities watchdog has warned the Government. ‘Covid-status certificates’ being considered by ministers to help open up society, get people back into work or away on holiday despite concerns from Boris Johnson’s own MPs that they will be ‘intrusive, … Read more
Vaccine passports could create a ‘two-tier society’ and discriminate against migrants, ethnic minorities and the poor, Britain’s equalities watchdog has warned the Government. ‘Covid-status certificates’ being considered by ministers to help open up society, get people back into work or away on holiday despite concerns from Boris Johnson’s own MPs that they will be ‘intrusive, costly and … Read more
Tory equalities minister apologises for eight-year-old Facebook post that said she wanted ‘to do a spot of Chav shooting’ and joked that Ed Milliband would make an ideal target Senior Welsh Conservative Laura Anne Jones faced backlash over old comment Ms Jones, 42, also joked about shooting the then-UK Labour leader Ed Milliband She has … Read more
Equalities minister Liz Truss slams focus on ‘fashionable’ race and gender issues – as it’s revealed department she runs has the BIGGEST pay gap between men and women Liz Truss will hit out at the focus on ‘fashionable’ race and gender issues today She will set out a fresh approach in her speech to the … Read more
Schools that teach children that white privilege is an uncontested fact are in breach of the law, the women and equalities minister has warned. Speaking in the Commons debate on Black History Month, Kemi Badenoch said that teaching pupils about ‘white privilege and their inherited racial guilt’ would see a ‘dangerous trend in race relations’. The Conservative … Read more
Schools that teach pupils that white privilege is an uncontested fact are in breach of the law, the women and equalities minister has warned. Speaking in the Commons debate on Black History Month, Kemi Badenoch said that teaching pupils about ‘white privilege and their inherited racial guilt’ would see a ‘dangerous trend in race relations’. The Conservative … Read more
Labour MP Dawn Butler says the party will be found guilty of ‘institutional racism’ by equalities watchdog over allegations some officials discriminated against Jews Dawn Butler said there was no doubt the EHRC will find that her party discriminated against Jews The MP also claimed she has suffered anti-black hostility from party staffers EHRC launched … Read more