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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Guidance on police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity should change, Cooper says

Yvette Cooper said she had asked the Law Commission to look into the issue
Yvette Cooper said she had asked the Law Commission to look into the issue Photograph: Imageplotter/Alamy

Official guidance should change to permit police to release the ethnicity or immigration status of criminal suspects, the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said.

Cooper said the government had asked the Law Commission to review this six months ago.

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