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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Sophie Huskisson

Major UN report blasts UK for failing to tackle 'persistent' child discrimination

The UN has blasted the UK for failing to get a grip on racism and discrimination towards children.

In its first examination of British children's rights in seven years, the UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child said it “remains deeply concerned about persistent discrimination”.

It slammed “the overrepresentation" of Black, Asian, Muslim, Roma, Gypsy and Traveller children in the criminal justice system and living in poverty.

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