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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Nadine White and Archie Mitchell

MYSTERIOUS: Rishi sunak condemns n word slur found in official dwp document - You Need To See This

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Rishi Sunak has denounced a government document on benefit assessments that had to be withdrawn after The Independent revealed that it included a racist slur.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) guidance, which was first issued in 2010 to help doctors assess disability benefit claims but was still in use last month, referred to Black people as being of the “N*****d race”.

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