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Darren Rodwell, Barking and Dagenham council leader, selected to stand despite comments at Black History Month event A white council leader who once joked that he had “the worst tan possible for a black man” has been selected to stand as a Labour MP. Darren Rodwell, the leader of Barking and Dagenham London borough council, fought off selection competition from councillor Josie Channer, a black councillor who has previously run for selection near Bristol. Continue reading… ​Darren Rodwell, Barking and Dagenham council leader, selected to stand despite comments at Black History Month eventA white council leader who once joked that…

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Case comes after Suella Braverman ignored advice that people were being kept at the centre unlawfully A case of MRSA has been reported at the congested asylum processing centre at Manston in Kent, the Guardian has learned, after it emerged that Suella Braverman ignored advice that people were being kept at the centre unlawfully. The antibiotic-resistant bacteria was identified in an asylum seeker who initially tested positive for diphtheria. But they were moved out of the site in Ramsgate to a hotel hundreds of miles away before the positive test result was received, raising concerns about the spread of the…

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