Ep. 7 Breaking the mould in politics, with Cllr Janet Campbell
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There is a 30% shortfall in ethnic minority representation amongst Members of Parliament in the UK. In this episode we discuss breaking the mould with local Labour Councillor, Janet Campbell.
The UK Parliament report ‘Ethnic diversity in politics and public life Research Briefing’ (2020), can be found here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn01156/
‘Operation Black Vote’ information was taken from: https://www.obv.org.uk
Please note the following corrections to this episode:
Janet is the Cabinet Member for families, health and social care in Croydon (not the ‘Cabinet Minister’).
The story concerning an individual losing their job is not related to Croydon Council.
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