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UK lawyers warn of ‘race to the bottom’ after Tory MP issues deportation threat

Top lawyers call for change in rhetoric that has left minority ethnic Britons fearful as politicians target migrants

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

‘Nothing is the same’: Windrush victim allowed to return to UK after 28 years

George Lee was stuck in Poland and received little help from UK officials even after the scandal broke in 2018

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2025

Footballer’s career ended prematurely because of unnecessary procedure – court

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake was operated upon by Professor James Calder after breaking his leg playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2013.

Evening Standard · Jul 16, 2025

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Ex-Premier League striker sues surgeon for £7million claiming 'unnecessary'operation cost him his top-flight career

Ex-Wolves striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake never played top-level football again after going under the knife following a leg break

Evening Standard · Jul 16, 2025

Labour condemned after attempt to silence The National with legal threat

LABOUR have been condemned after attempting to stop The National from publishing a story using a legal threat...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 30, 2024

Labour tried to gag Black lawyer who wrote party’s own racism report

Exclusive: Martin Forde KC says people will see letter from party responding to his criticisms as a ‘collateral attack on a Black professional’

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2024

Labour drops lawsuit against ex-staffers accused of leaking antisemitism report

Action against five accused, including Jeremy Corbyn’s former chief of staff, estimated to have cost £2.4m

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024

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In Britain’s degraded politics, fighting racism has become a cynical game

This goes far beyond a Tory donor’s racist comments about Diane Abbott, and Labour’s opportunistic response, says sociology professor Gary Younge

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024

I’d like Diane Abbott to be Labour MP again, says Angela Rayner

Deputy leader also says she does not know why Abbott has not received an apology about racism she has faced within party

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2024

Labour ‘shambolic’ over Azhar Ali row, says antisemitism report author

Martin Forde says storm over Rochdale byelection candidate raises new questions over ‘disparity in treatment’ of Labour MPs

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2024

Labour withdraws support for Rochdale candidate after Israel-Gaza remarks

Party no longer campaigning for Azhar Ali, who suggested Israel had allowed 7 October attack to happen

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024

Starmer urged to discipline Rochdale candidate over Israel-Gaza remarks

Calls for Labour leader to remove whip from Azhar Ali if he becomes MP, after his suggestion Israel ‘allowed’ 7 October attack

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024

Keir Starmer urged to defend lawyers after Tories’ ‘targeted campaign’

Exclusive: Martin Forde KC says fellow professionals are ‘bewildered’ at silence over case of Jacqueline McKenzie

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

Unease in Labour NEC as expelled party members’ appeals all rejected

Fairness of disciplinary process questioned as all appeals by expelled members dealt with to date have failed

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023

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Daily Mirror · May 19, 2023

Keir Starmer warned Black MPs 'losing faith' in efforts to tackle 'hierarchy of racism'

A letter signed by Black Labour MPs has demanded urgent action is taken to bring in changes recommended in a bombshell report by Martin Forde KC last year - who found a toxic culture of disputes existed under Jeremy Corbyn

The Independent UK · May 18, 2023

Black Labour MPs demand ‘urgent action’ on Forde report

Labour said it is ‘fully committed to tackling racist and discriminatory attitudes wherever they arise in whatever section of the party’.

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2023

Starmer challenged on promise of ‘zero-tolerance’ on antisemitism and racism

Senior lawyer who carried out inquiry into Labour party’s culture says transparent systems needed to tackle issues

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023

Labour accused of still not engaging with ‘hierarchy of racism’ claims

Author of report into party’s culture voices concern antisemitism is taken more seriously than other forms of racism

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The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023

Attacks on your editorial about the EHRC, Labour and antisemitism are baffling

Letters: Geoffrey Bindman on letters published in response to a recent Guardian leader

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