FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 4 - The Untold Story

A Purposeful Life by Dawn Butler review – hard truths and irrepressible energy

The Labour MP tells her rich personal and political story with galvanising confidence – and candour about the treatment of powerful black women

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2023

Monday briefing: The new variant that’s a reminder the pandemic never fully ended

In today’s newsletter: The ‘Eris’ strain of Covid is a reminder that the virus has never fully gone away – but what will it mean for Britain?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

Dawn Butler: ‘It is shocking, the disrespect for Black women in the Commons’

She was only the third Black woman to be elected an MP – and the first ever to speak at the dispatch box. After recovering from cancer treatment, she talks about her long-term ambition: to become mayor of London

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

My parents taught me resilience - that's how Windrush generation survived, says Dawn Butler

Dawn Butler's parents came to the UK from Jamaica in the 1950s and saw England as the 'mother country' - but they were shocked at the racism they suffered

Daily Mirror · Jun 20, 2023

Dawn Butler: Curbs on MPs calling each other liars in the Commons are ‘nonsense’

The Labour MP was ordered to leave the Commons in 2021 after refusing to withdraw her claim that Boris Johnson had lied

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023

Rishi Sunak confronted with demand for reparations over Britain's role in slave trade

Rishi Sunak rejected a call from Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy to offer a meaningful apology for Britain's role in colonialism and the slave trade and to make reparations following mounting calls

Daily Mirror · Apr 26, 2023

Campaigners urge L’Oreal to stop selling hair relaxers after studies find cancer link

Female activists also asked the company to invest in research on the long-term use of chemical relaxers, which make hair easier to straighten

Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2023

L’Oréal urged to withdraw hair relaxers after studies find cancer risk

Research claims to show link between cancer and lye-containing products largely used by black women

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023

Met Police commissioner privately admits force is institutionally racist despite public denials, Labour claims

Two Labour MPs told said that commissioner Rowley had agreed there was an issue with institutional racism in the force in previous meetings

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023

Ex-BBC governor’s call for Lineker to be fired and replaced with woman ‘at half price’ condemned by MPs

‘The comment from Lord Young is abhorrent - and he should publicly withdraw it in the Lords chamber,’ Labour MP tells The Independent

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023