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Election candidate condemned for joking about domestic abuse and saying ‘70% of hell is going to be women’

Akhmed Yakoob has also spoken out in support of misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate

The Independent UK

Racist posts sent to Labour’s Dawn Butler after viral campaign video reported to police

Exclusive: The posts targetting Dawn Butler have been reported to police as a campaign is launched to address abuse aimed at Black women in politics

The Independent UK

General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Brent East?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

Evening Standard

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From Sunak’s Sky saga to a Labour MP’s rap: 6 funniest election and pop culture crossovers so far

Politicians are dropping in pop culture references and even rewriting song lyrics to win votes... to varying levels of success

The Independent UK

Labour MP Dawn Butler withdraws from Hay festival in sponsorship row

Butler is among several writers refusing to appear at the literary festival over sponsor Baillie Gifford’s alleged involvement in ‘technology and arms in Israel’

The Guardian - UK

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

Labour MP Dawn Butler vows to report Mumsnet to police in transphobia row

MP was attacked online for linking Brianna Ghey murder to transphobia

The Independent UK

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We need to talk about ‘racism laundering’: what it is, who benefits – and how to be vigilant

The row over claims of ghostwriting at the Daily Mail has sparked debate about how toxic policies are pursued, says writer and broadcaster Nels Abbey

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP wants disciplinary action against Tories who ‘support Ulez camera vandalism’

The Conservative party should take "disciplinary action" against MPs and members who encourage the vandalism of Ulez cameras, a Labour MP said on Thursday.

Evening Standard

David Bowie’s daughter Lexi surprises fans with her first fashion range

Alexandria Zahra Jones has explained how making art has helped her mental health

Evening Standard

Susan Hall ‘convinced of innate criminality of Black people’, Labour MPs allege in searing letter

The candidate’s team said it was a ‘desperate smear and complete mischaracterisation’

Evening Standard

A Purposeful Life by Dawn Butler review – hard truths and irrepressible energy

The Labour MP tells her rich personal and political story with galvanising confidence – and candour about the treatment of powerful black women

The Guardian - UK

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

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Daily Mirror

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

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

The Independent UK

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.

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Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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

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