Burnham signals support for bill to make ‘Black English’ and ‘Asian English’ census options
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from the United Kingdom.
PM welcomes cross-party push to reject ethnic basis for Englishness promoted by Reform UK politicians UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said he is likely to support a bill tabled by a Liberal Democrat MP that would allow people to define themselves as both black and English for ethnicity options in the census for England. The bill was drawn up by Josh Babarinde, the Lib Dem president, with backing from a cross-party mix of MPs including David Lammy, a former Labour deputy prime minister, and James Cleverly, the Conservative former foreign secretary.
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- Nov 11, 2:42 PM UTCFirst reportPM signals support for 'Black English' and 'Asian English' as census optionsmirror.co.uk ↗
- Nov 11, 3:09 PM UTC+27 min· you’re reading thisBurnham signals support for bill to make ‘Black English’ and ‘Asian English’ census optionstheguardian.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 3:09 PM UTC · +27 min
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same story: the PM signalling support for 'Black English' and 'Asian English' census options, with no conflicting facts.
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54m agoBurnham signals support for bill to make ‘Black English’ and ‘Asian English’ census options PM welcomes cross-party push to reject ethnic basis for Englishness promoted by Reform UK politicians UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said he is likely to support a bill tabled by a Liberal Democrat MP that would allow people to define themselves as both black and English for ethnicity options in the census for England. The bill was drawn up by Josh Babarinde, the Lib Dem president, with backing from a cross-party mix of MPs including David Lammy, a former Labour deputy prime minister, and James Cleverly, the Conservative former foreign secretary.
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