Kemi Badenoch proposes ending public sector equality duty in new speech
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch delivered a keynote speech at the Institute for Government in Westminster, calling for the end of the public sector equality duty (PSED) and arguing that Britain is "the least racist country in the world." She stated that police forces have spent too long focusing on institutional racism and are now in danger of becoming racist against white people. Badenoch referenced the murder of Henry Nowak, suggesting police showed unconscious racist bias against him despite a judge ruling this out. She also commented on a knife attack in Belfast, saying she did not want to "rush to judgment" before immediately speculating the suspect could be an illegal immigrant. Badenoch argued that more black boys should be searched by police as long as there is a reason, and that there is no need for an association of black police officers. The speech was reported by The Guardian as a single-source account.
What’s reported
Kemi Badenoch gave a keynote speech at the Institute for Government in Westminster.
She called for the end of the public sector equality duty (PSED).
Badenoch stated: "Britain is the least racist country in the world."
She argued police forces are now in danger of becoming racist against white people.
She referenced the murder of Henry Nowak, implying police showed unconscious racist bias, though a judge ruled this out.
On the Belfast knife attack, she said she did not want to rush to judgment but then speculated the suspect could be an illegal immigrant.
She said more black boys should be searched by police as long as there is a reason.
She said there is no need for an association of black police officers.
Key figures
Kemi Badenoch, Conservative leader
Henry Nowak, murder victim referenced in the speech
Digwa brothers, individuals mentioned in the Nowak case
Henry Nowak's father, who asked politicians not to use his son's death for political ends
Sources: The Guardian
