Successive Home Secretaries had previously dismissed concerns about the controversial Anti-Racism Commitment which tells officers they should not be 'colour blind'.

The National Police Chiefs Council is under pressure over its claim that 'racial equity' should not mean 'treating everyone the same or being colour blind'.

Vickrum Digwa was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 21 years for murdering Henry Nowak

The guidance is at the heart of controversy after footage emerged of Henry Nowak being handcuffed and his pleas for help ignored as he bled to death on the floor.

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Successive Home Secretaries had previously dismissed concerns about the controversial Anti-Racism Commitment which tells officers they should not be 'colour blind'.

Chief constables under pressure to scrap 'two-tier' commitment to treating white people differently to other races amid fury at the treatment of Henry Nowak

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Guidance given by the National Police Chiefs' Councils has come under scrutiny amid allegations of 'two-tier' policing following the Southampton university student's killing.