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It comes 33 years after Bernie Grant, Diane Abbott and Paul Boateng were elected as the party’s first black MPs.
The Labour Party told HuffPost UK it was "committed to challenging racism" – but some members say it has been silent and slow to act for too long.
British observers shouldn’t console themselves with the thought that what's happening in the US could not happen here – our post-Covid society is a potential tinderbox, Diane Abbott writes.
Training glitches with virus tracing initiative, single parents tell of back-to-work concerns and deaths spike in Brazil. Here's the latest.
Campaigners slam “hypocrisy” shown towards migrant workers in the NHS and care homes who are risking their lives during the pandemic.
Politicians drawing conclusions publicly before independent investigations have concluded risk devaluing the entire process, investigative journalist Lucinda Day writes.
Stormzy and David Lammy are among those calling for the Commons leader to quit after his comments about the fatal fire.
"It's a bit ridiculous, isn't it," the BBC's Andrew Marr suggested.
Following suggestions that Boris Johnson would do the "bare minimum", his spokesman says government will press on with domestic policies whatever happens on Brexit.
The Labour frontbencher will go up against foreign secretary Dominic Raab.