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Diversity could improve life benefits in British society
By Cass Gilroy
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Quality of life would be better for everyone in Britain in a society which genuinely valued each individual, backed up by consistent equality legislation, according to Julie Mellor, the former Chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC). But she added that legislation is but one ingredient in the broad cultural changes which are needed to create a society that values diversity. She said that Britain's equality laws are in a mess, and they are inconsistent and incomplete offering different levels of protection for different groups and none at all for others.
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Asians more likely to be intolerant and racist
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Border Agency commended for cracking sham marriages
Four UK Border Agency officers have been presented with a Crown Court Commendation for ending an international sham marriage conspiracy which centred on the East Midlands. Andy Radcliffe, Peter Copple, Kamal Hyare and Laurence Catcheside attended a ceremony at the Leicestershire Police HQ where the High Sheriff of Leicester, Richard Brooks, presented them with the award.
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