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Equality watchdog row escalates

By James Boxell

Published: July 26 2009 22:21 | Last updated: July 26 2009 22:21

A bitter row about the future of the government’s £70m equality watchdog and its chairman, Trevor Phillips, threatens to involve Harriet Harman, Labour’s deputy leader.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has been affected by a series of high-profile resignations from its ruling board in the past few weeks. Some departing commissioners have made public demands for Mr Phillips to step down.

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