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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
John Stevens

Tories abandon bid to stop Black mums dying in childbirth despite shocking figures

A taskforce to reduce the number of black mothers dying during childbirth has not met for nine months.

Tory ministers promised the group would gather every two months to tackle disparities in maternity care for women from ethnic minority communities and those living in deprived areas.

But despite stark figures showing how they are much more likely to suffer miscarriages or die during childbirth it has not met since July.

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