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Controversy hits police discrimination panel
Police discrimination panellist outraged

By politics.co.uk staff A member of a panel investigating the root causes of discrimination in the Metropolitan police has quit his post after claiming City Hall’s intervention had damaged its credibility. Kit Malthouse, who is London mayor Boris Johnson’s senior policing aide and chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority, has handed the MPA the power… Read more »

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Body scanners 'unlawful', EHRC suggests
Body scanners’ legality questioned

By Alex Stevenson Body scanners now in use at Britain’s airports could be breaking the law, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned. In a letter to transport secretary Andrew Adonis the EHRC suggests both discrimination and privacy laws could be breached by the scanners, which are currently in use at Heathrow and… Read more »