The former equalities minister has defended not offering additional support to ethnic groups who were more at risk of Covid, claiming that the national vaccine rollout was more important.
Kemi Badenoch told today’s UK Covid inquiry hearing that it “would have been wrong” to offer ethnic minorities, who were more likely to die from the virus, help such as priority status for testing or vaccines.
She said: “What people were suggesting was racial segregation – let’s treat Black people differently because they are disproportionately impacted.”
