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“The fear of being seen as racist… is being put above keeping the public safe”

Shadow equalities minister Claire Coutinho says the facts of the Henry Nowak murder show "a discrepancy in how people are being treated" by the police

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"Do you think the police are institutionally racist?” asks #BBCLauraK

“The correct answer to that has to be yes” says Zia Yusuf

The Reform UK politician says police guidance on race is leading to white people being treated worse than ethnic minorities

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"The logical conclusion [of the guidance] is what you saw on the bodycam”

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf says police guidance on race led to mistakes in the response to the 999 call made by Vikram Digwa’s family and in the arrest of Henry Nowak

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"I told him he was wrong”

Deputy PM David Lammy says he spoke to US Vice President JD Vance about the American politician’s comments on “mass migration” and says “Western civilisation has always been open to the world”

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"I don’t recognise two-tier policing”

Justice Secretary David Lammy says white people are not treated worse than ethnic minorities by police but also that the UK has “moved on” from institutional racism against minorities in policing

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"The starting point is… we are all equal before the law”

Deputy PM David Lammy is asked if ethnicity should be taken into account in the handling of crime and says “context sometimes matters” due to a history of disproportionate treatment

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on the #BBCLauraK panel...

Liberal Democrat MP Josh Babarinde
Broadcaster Kay Burley
Former Conservative minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

Sunday 9am @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer

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Joining #BBCLauraK

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy MP
Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Claire Coutinho MP
Reform UK's Home Affairs Spokesperson Zia Yusuf

Sunday 9am @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer

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Downing Street hits out at 'people seeking to stir division' after Vance's Nowak post https://t.co/9PQZ0xpnDL

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UK asylum system is on "the brink", cross-party MPs' report warns https://t.co/1oLyDc0MoV

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Keir Starmer can survive a leadership challenge, Attorney General Lord Hermer says

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Welsh Labour to set timetable for new leader after election loss https://t.co/AybXZIDRd4

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How the contest is shaping up two weeks ahead of crucial Makerfield by-election https://t.co/saEx7i3Igl

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Labour failing to learn from Tories over leadership change calls, Technology Secretary Peter Kyle says

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On this week’s Any Questions, @AlexForsythBBC is joined at St Mary’s Church, Kirkby Lonsdale in Cumbria by Wendy Chamberlain MP, Richard Holden MP, Sherelle Jacobs and Josh MacAlister MP.

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Conflict over identity politics could lead to civil war in long term, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says

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Andy Burnham says he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest https://t.co/7BnD3PaONJ

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“Wes Streeting seems to have launched a leadership contest, so if that is running, I would seek to join it”

Labour’s Andy Burnham confirms that if elected, he would run against Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a Labour leadership contest

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“Antisemitism has absolutely no part and no place in the Green Party or in our country”

On trust in politics, Green Sarah Wakefield says the party will make sure a “handful” of candidates are “dealt with” with regards to antisemitism, and vetting has “improved”

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"There is no one else coming to save us, if you have an opinion about what we should do with the country, you have to get involved”

Green Sarah Wakefield says she doesn’t want to just focus on "Westminster culture" but the “fundamental problem” of “massive inequality”

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