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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Heather Stewart Political editor

Outrage over strip-search of girl shows UK cares about minorities, says minister

Kemi Badenoch.
Kemi Badenoch said ‘everybody is rightly appalled and outraged by what happened’. Photograph: Russell Hart/Alamy

The equalities minister Kemi Badenoch has strongly condemned the strip-searching of a 15-year-old black girl in a London school, but said the public backlash against the incident shows the UK is “a country that cares about ethnic minorities”.

The experiences of Child Q were repeatedly raised with Badenoch by MPs, as she presented the government’s strategy for tackling racial disparities in the UK.

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