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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Laura Snapes and Lisa O'Carroll

Kneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio

DJ Próvaí from Kneecap arrives at Belfast high court where the Irish language rap-trio has won its legal challenge.
DJ Próvaí from Kneecap arrives at Belfast high court where the Irish language rap-trio has won its legal challenge. Photograph: Mark Marlow/PA

Irish-language rap trio Kneecap have won their case against new Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch after she blocked an arts grant to the band citing anti-British politics.

They took Badenoch, then business secretary, to court in the summer and at a hearing in Belfast’s high court, the new government said the refusal of £14,250 in funding was “unlawful”, agreeing to release the money and pay Kneecap’s costs.

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