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Brandon Lewis today condemned unacceptable riots in Northern Ireland that left 88 police injured as he warned the Brexit protocol has fuelled tensions.
The Cabinet minister said the violence over the past week was tragic and deeply concerning , while attacks on officers were utterly reprehensible .
He insisted the causes were complex and multi-faceted - pointing to the frustrations and sense of unfairness caused by the pandemic.
But under pressure from MPs he acknowledged that the protocol Boris Johnson agreed with the EU was fuelling grievances. Loyalists have been angry at obstructions to trade with mainland Britain, with ministers struggling to strike a deal with Brussels about how to defuse the problems.
Baroness Doreen Lawrence said the authors of the report are not in touch with reality .
Her comments come after the report said geography, family influence, socio-economic background, culture and religion all affect life chances more than racism.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said more work needs to be done to tackle very serious issues of racism in Britain.
Baroness Lawrence was made a peer in 2013 after campaigning for justice for her son who died in 1993 following a racially motivated attack in south-east London.
Baroness Doreen Lawrence (pictured) said the authors of the report are not in touch with reality
Overseen by chair Dr Tony Sewell, the findings from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities were branded a whitewash by the Left, but welcomed by other campaigners
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
PM S PLAN: Boris Johnson has vowed to ban new sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2030 . He announced £2.8billion in funding as part of his ten-point green plan, including £1.3billon on the rollout of electric car charging points.
REALITY: The 2030 target is viewed by the industry as incredibly ambitious with car companies facing an uphill battle to meet demand on time - and the UK charging network needing to be increased to 20 times the size it is today.
The AA says the 2030 target is incredibly ambitious , with the three major concerns around electric cars for drivers being the initial cost of the car and availability, perceived single-charge range anxiety and charging infrastructure.
NHS workers and carers in Wales will get £735 in a one-off bonus as the row continues over the Government s one per cent pay rise plan for health staff.
The country s health minister Vaughan Gething said the payment is not linked to any decision over a pay rise for them.
He said the one-off sum - which will see most workers take home £500 after tax and national insurance - is for their truly remarkable contribution during the pandemic.
Welsh ministers are awaiting independent recommendations regarding the pay of health service staff, but Mr Gething said they are not seeking an arbitrary cap like the one per cent increase recommended by the UK Government for staff in England.
Boris Johnson says he will be getting AstraZeneca vaccine very shortly as ministers scramble to reassure Britons after panic in Europe over blood clot fake news
Boris Johnson says he will be getting AstraZeneca vaccine very shortly as the UK s rollout gathers pace
More than a dozen European countries have stopped using the vaccine despite regulator insisting it is safe
European Medicines Agency is investigating whether people who receive it have a higher risk of blood clots
Doctors in the UK say people are spooked by the row and aren t turning up for vaccination appointments
Data from Britain – which has used more doses than anywhere else – don t appear to show anything unusual