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Kevin Rawlinson Mabel Banfield-Nwachi and Sarah Shaffi

Rishi Sunak joins criticism of changes to Roald Dahl books

Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl, whose publisher has been criticised for hiring sensitivity readers to edit his texts. Photograph: PA

Rishi Sunak has intervened in the row over the rewriting of parts of Roald Dahl’s books to remove language deemed inappropriate, portraying it as an attack on free speech.

His comments came after the author Philip Pullman suggested Dahl’s work should be allowed to fade away and be replaced by more modern children’s writers.

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