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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Sophie Huskisson

Tories must stop Black women being FOUR times more likely to die in childbirth

Ministers must set a deadline for ending the “appalling” discrepancy that sees four times as many Black women die in childbirth, MPs have demanded.

The Commons Women and Equalities Committee accused the Government of taking “insufficient” action in tackling the problem.

It said it was "frankly shameful" the disparities, which have been known about for 20 years, still existed today.

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