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Race commission head Tony Sewell apologises for anti-gay comments
announced the commission last month, saying there was “much more that we need to do” to tackle racial injustice.The plan had already run into controversy when it emerged that the head of Johnson’s policy unit, Munira Mirza, who has previously criticised the concept of structural racism, had been given the job of setting up the panel.Sewell will chair a 10-member panel that includes Maggie Aderin-Pocock, the Sky at Night presenter, and Keith Fraser, the chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales and a former police superintendent.Sewell runs a charity called Generating Genius, which works with BAME children to prepare them for careers in science and technology.