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Yahoo! Finance UK and Ireland (Web), Main, Unattributed, 20/04/2021
...criticism is reserved for Labour MPs. During a charged debate on the repoprt Diane Abbott, who is the first black woman elected to Parliament, said:"Is she really saying that Professor Michael Marmot, a world-renowned expert in public health, is acting out of bad faith? Is she really saying the British Medical Association and other professional associations are speaking out of...
Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
United Kingdom Parliament (Web), Main, Unattributed, 20/04/2021
...made towards race equality in the UK. Since publication, the report has completely unravelled. Far from bad-faith actors, this report has been discredited by experts, including the British Medical Association, Professor Michael Marmot, trade unions representing over 5 million workers, human rights experts at the UN and Baroness Lawrence, who said it gives a "green light to racists". Its cherry-picking of...
Race Report Commissioners Were Sent Death Threats Amid Wide Criticism Of Findings
PoliticsHome (Web), Main, Unattributed, 20/04/2021
...not lead to positive change.The British Medical Association, The National Black Police Association and Simon Woolley, who led No 10's race disparity until last summer, have also criticised the report. Sir Michael Marmot, professor of epidemiology at University College London, said his work from a decade ago had been quoted, but not two reports on race inequality from 2020 which had...
Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch slams ''bad faith'' critics of government-commissioned race report
Island FM (Web), Main, Unattributed, 20/04/2021
...black woman elected to parliament said black and brown Britons deserve better. "The minister has accused people of criticising the report in bad faith," she said. "Is she really saying that Professor Michael Marmot, a world-renowned expert in public health, is acting out of bad faith? Is she really saying the British Medical Association and other professional associations are speaking out of...
Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch slams ''bad faith'' critics of government-commissioned race report
Capital Radio (Web), Main, Unattributed, 20/04/2021
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Tories defend ''divisive''race report and say its authors are victims of racism
MSN Ireland (Web), Main, Unattributed, 20/04/2021
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3FM Isle of Man (Web), Main, Unattributed, 20/04/2021
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MSN UK (Web), Main, Unattributed, 20/04/2021
Tories defend ''divisive'' race report and say its authors are victims of racism
Mirror.co.uk (Web), Main, Unattributed, 20/04/2021
Government Refuses To Reject `Incoherent'' Race Report
Huffington Post UK (Blog), Main, Unattributed, 20/04/2021
ignores evidence and does not represent the country". The shadow equalities minister Marsa De Cordova said the report had been "discredited" by the British Medical Association, public health expert Sir Michael Marmot, trade unions, Baroness Doreen Lawrence and human rights experts at the United Nations. On Monday, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent said the...
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Sky News (Web), Main, Unattributed, 20/04/2021
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Tories defend ''divisive'' race report and say its authors are victims of racism
MSN UK (Web), Main, Unattributed, 20/04/2021
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Government Refuses To Reject `Incoherent'' Race Report
Yahoo! UK and Ireland (Web), Main, Unattributed, 20/04/2021
ignores evidence and does not represent the country". The shadow equalities minister Marsa De Cordova said the report had been "discredited" by the British Medical Association, public health expert Sir Michael Marmot, trade unions, Baroness Doreen Lawrence and human rights experts at the United Nations. On Monday, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent said the...
Labour criticises "shoddy, point-scoring" government race disparities report
LabourList.org (Blog), Main, Unattributed, 20/04/2021
...were "false" and "hypocritical". "Labour members in particular continue to misrepresent what is happening," Badenoch told MPs this afternoon. Professor of epidemiology and leading expert on public health in the UK Michael Marmot argued last month that the commission had used outdated references and underplayed the impact of structural racism in health outcomes in its paper. "The minister has accused people of...
