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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Wingate

Racist language not tolerated in Government documents, minister says

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Government departments have been warned by a Cabinet minister that racist language will not be tolerated after slurs were reportedly discovered in official documents.

The Independent previously reported that words of a racist nature featured in Department for Work and Pension guidance for doctors assessing disability benefit claims, immigration tribunal decisions, as well as in the comment sections of the Foreign Office and the Government’s websites.

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