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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey

UK’s forced marriage unit underfunded and too Muslim-focused, report to say

Minister’s efforts to stop forced marriages are failing, according to a new a report.
Ministers’ efforts to stop forced marriages are failing, according to a new a report. Photograph: EyeEm/Alamy

UK ministers’ efforts to stop forced marriages are failing because the unit set up to tackle them is undervalued, under-resourced and overly focused on Muslim families, according to a report from Michael Gove’s levelling up department.

The 165-page report by Colin Bloom, the government’s faith adviser, will highlight a range of areas in which ministers are ineffective because they are too wary of tackling problems that arise within religious communities. It is expected to be the most sweeping review of the government’s relationship with religion in more than a generation

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