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JANE HUTT - WHO?
Social justice minister outlines plans to make Wales an anti-racist country by 2030
MSs took evidence from the social justice minister about plans to make Wales an anti-racist country by 2030.
Jane Hutt told the equality committee that inequality during the pandemic led to a clearer commitment on tackling systemic, institutional racism in Wales.
The social justice minister argued the anti-racist Wales action plan is a much bolder vision, which addresses every aspect of life, compared with the previous equality strategy.
Ms Hutt raised the importance of putting people with lived experience at the forefront of a governance structure that includes “formidable” external accountability.
Pressed about funding pressures by Jenny Rathbone, who chairs the committee, she told MSs the cross-government plan is budgeted for and remains a priority for ministers.
“I’ve done everything I can to protect funding within the social justice budget,” she said.
Culture change
Ms Hutt argued many of the plan’s actions are rooted in culture change rather than funding but she stressed that ministers must deliver on the plan despite financial constraints.
Sioned Williams, for Plaid Cymru, asked about the children’s commissioner’s report on experiences of racism in secondary schools, which was published last week.
Ms Hutt told committee members that ministers will consider the recommendations.
Agreeing that education is fundamental to achieving the vision, she said all initial teacher education programmes in Wales are now required to be anti-racist.
She pointed to professional learning, which has reached 20,000 teachers, and bursaries for ethnic minority student teachers.
Ms Hutt also highlighted that black history is part of the new curriculum, adding that refreshed anti-bullying guidance for schools will be published in the new year.
“Things are changing,” she said. “But it is going to take time.”
KEEP IN MIND
''TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN - TAFFY WAS A THEIF
TAFFY CAME TO MY HOUSE AND STOLE A LEG OF BEEF''.
GB News guest storms off set after clash with farmer Gareth Wyn Jones on rural racism claim
GB News' breakfast show was thrown into chaos when Black Lives Matter activist Imarn Ayton stormed off the set
A guest stormed off the set of GB News after an argument over racism with Llanfairfechan farmer Gareth Wyn Jones. Black Lives Matter activist Imarn Ayton was invited on the channel's breakfast show with Mr Jones to discuss a new report that has found that people from ethnic minorities are reluctant to visit green spaces.
It proved to be a fiery debate with clashes from the outset. Ayton ended up storming off the set telling hosts Anne Diamond and Stephen Dixon that she would never be returning. There was an apology for celebrity farmer because didn't get a chance to put his point across.
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