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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Lib Dems quietly commission review into religious inclusion amid case brought by dropped candidate

Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the Lords, Lord Newby,
Richard Newby has been appointed to chair the inclusion and faith review. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

The Liberal Democrats have quietly commissioned a review into the treatment of figures within their ranks who hold religious views, weeks after the Guardian revealed a religious discrimination claim against the party by the former candidate David Campanale.

Campanale, a former BBC journalist, was selected in 2021 as the party’s candidate for Sutton and Cheam but was removed in August 2023. He has argued in a civil case against the party that discrimination against his Christianity cost him his political career.

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