On Sky News:
“The problem is that there are white people in countless situations who are getting fewer opportunities, who are disadvantaged when it comes to promotion, disadvantaged when it comes to internships, disadvantaged when it comes to the workplace.
We need to start talking about that and levelling the playing field.”
Braverman says protections for minorities should still exist as part of a “a country where everybody, regardless of their race, gender, sexuality or age, is treated on meritocratic grounds, on fairness grounds, not better or worse because of their personal characteristics.” She says this can be done outside of the Equality Act, which she would abolish…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”