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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nadine White

Government refuses extra funding to tackle ‘appalling’ racial disparity in maternal deaths

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Ministers’ rejection of calls for targets and extra funding to end ‘appalling’ racial disparities in maternal deaths has been criticised by cross-party MPs.

The government has responded to the Women and Equalities Committee’s recommendation to investigate the role of racism in maternal deaths, saying that a concrete target “does not necessarily focus resource and attention through the best mechanisms.”

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