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Monday briefing: The new variant that’s a reminder the pandemic never fully ended

In today’s newsletter: The ‘Eris’ strain of Covid is a reminder that the virus has never fully gone away – but what will it mean for Britain?

The Guardian - UK

Dawn Butler: ‘It is shocking, the disrespect for Black women in the Commons’

She was only the third Black woman to be elected an MP – and the first ever to speak at the dispatch box. After recovering from cancer treatment, she talks about her long-term ambition: to become mayor of London

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP tells party Black MPs can't fight racism alone in Stephen Lawrence debate

Shadow minister Sarah Jones noted that mainly just Black female MPs had come to the debate on the Met's investigation into the murder of Stephen Lawrence

Daily Mirror

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Furious Labour MP demands Oliver Dowden resigns after 'misleading' the Commons

In an extraordinary move, Dawn Butler lambasted Rishi Sunak's number two after he claimed Labour green plans would cost mortgage payers an extra £1,000 a year

Daily Mirror

Commons Speaker issues warning to ensure ministers give MPs accurate information

Sir Lindsay Hoyle was speaking in the Commons.

The Independent UK

Dawn Butler: AI risks automating discrimination if threat not taken seriously

She was speaking as the House held a backbench-led debate on AI.

The Independent UK

My parents taught me resilience - that's how Windrush generation survived, says Dawn Butler

Dawn Butler's parents came to the UK from Jamaica in the 1950s and saw England as the 'mother country' - but they were shocked at the racism they suffered

Daily Mirror

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Dawn Butler: Curbs on MPs calling each other liars in the Commons are ‘nonsense’

The Labour MP was ordered to leave the Commons in 2021 after refusing to withdraw her claim that Boris Johnson had lied

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak confronted with demand for reparations over Britain's role in slave trade

Rishi Sunak rejected a call from Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy to offer a meaningful apology for Britain's role in colonialism and the slave trade and to make reparations following mounting calls

Daily Mirror

Campaigners urge L’Oreal to stop selling hair relaxers after studies find cancer link

Female activists also asked the company to invest in research on the long-term use of chemical relaxers, which make hair easier to straighten

Evening Standard

L’Oréal urged to withdraw hair relaxers after studies find cancer risk

Research claims to show link between cancer and lye-containing products largely used by black women

The Guardian - UK

Met Police commissioner privately admits force is institutionally racist despite public denials, Labour claims

Two Labour MPs told said that commissioner Rowley had agreed there was an issue with institutional racism in the force in previous meetings

The Independent UK

Ex-BBC governor’s call for Lineker to be fired and replaced with woman ‘at half price’ condemned by MPs

‘The comment from Lord Young is abhorrent - and he should publicly withdraw it in the Lords chamber,’ Labour MP tells The Independent

The Independent UK

UK must pay reparations to ex-Caribbean colonies for 400 years of 'hideous abuse', MPs say

Labour's Clive Lewis urged the government to follow the example of the wealthy Trevelyon family who apologised for their ancestor's exploitation in Grenada by pledging to fund community projects, as MPs warned failure to do so was akin to 'collusion'

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Dashcam footage shows policeman 'grabbing' sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos in stop and search

Ricardo Dos Santos has revealed he has four outstanding complaints against the Metropolitan Police after being stopped and searched in an incident that took place in the early hours of the morning last summer

Daily Mirror

Dawn Butler: Jacinda Ardern has given hope and optimism to women like me in politics

Labour MP Dawn Butler outlines how the outgoing New Zealand Prime Minister was a welcome break from the macho, egocentric primarily male politicians that dominate the world stage, and why it's so important more follow in her footsteps

Evening Standard

Tory MP Lee Anderson under fire for revealing staffer’s salary in food bank row

Lee Anderson posted a picture of Katy Colthup, a parliamentary researcher, and detailed how she didn’t need to use a food bank despite earning less than £30,000 a year

The Independent UK

Fishnets and Tinder: Women MPs reveal toxic sexism in Westminster

As research highlights the shocking ‘exclusionary’ culture in parliament, female MPs tell Maya Oppenheim their stories

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The Independent UK

Government told to send ‘strong message’ and review fire service discrimination

The review found “dangerous levels of ingrained prejudice against women” and racism against colleagues.

The Guardian - UK

Young, Black and Right-Wing review – you’ll never believe who their heroes are

Zeze Millz meets black Conservatives and hears about their idols and ideologies. She can roll her eyes very hard indeed – but doesn’t fully challenge all the hateful nonsense she hears

The Independent UK

Labour MPs defy Keir Starmer by joining striking train drivers on picket line

‘If you can’t support a picket line maybe you shouldn’t be a Labour MP’, says Aslef union boss

The Independent UK

Dawn Butler reveals how she told loved ones about cancer diagnosis

‘I’m not dying, but I have some bad news,’ recalls MP of the moment she told family members

The Guardian - UK

Diane Abbott urges Starmer to act over racism in Labour party

MP says she received no apologies after racist and sexist remarks made about her were revealed in Forde report

The Independent UK

‘Kick in the teeth’: Black Labour MPs condemn party’s response to report uncovering ‘racism’

Keir Starmer accused of ‘it was all the last lot’ reaction to devastating Forde findings – blaming Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘unacceptable culture’

Evening Standard

Who is Kemi Badenoch — the surprise insurgent gunning to be PM

From flipping burgers at McDonald’s to a meteoric rise through the Westminster ranks — does the culture warrior have what it takes to be the next PM?

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