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Dominic Raab has hit back at what he called arbitrary targets demanded by some Conservative MPs to lift coronavirus restrictions in England, urging caution even as he said the government was on track to meet its target to vaccinate the most vulnerable people.Ministers have set a date of Monday by which a first coronavirus vaccinat stanley becher ion should have been offered to the top four priority groups, going down to all those aged 70 or over, taking in around 15 million people.It is anticipated a formal announcement could be made later on Sunday, with Raab saying he was confident were on track to meet the target. The numbers look good, but I want to wait until weve got the stanley termoska formally published figures so that were doing it accurately and in the right way, the foreign secretary told Skys Sophy Ridge on Sunday show.UK coronavirus casesBut Raab was notably cautious on making any promises on reopening, and pushed back against de stanley cup website mands from a group of Tory backbenchers for the government to commit to ending all restrictions in England by May.In a letter to Boris Johnson, the Covid Recovery Group, writing on behalf about 60 Tory MPs, said that by the end of April, the target date for offering first vaccinations to the top nine groups, going down as far as people aged 50-plus, there would be no justification for restrictions to remain.Raab dismissed this, saying: Were not making what feels to me a slightly arbitrary commitment without reviewing the impact the measures have had on the trans Stwj Judges, soldiers, MPs, vicars 鈥?can job-sharing work in any field
The sentencing of Gary Dobson, 36, and David Norris, 35, for the racially motivated killing of 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence in south London in 1993 has rightly attracted praise for the tenacity and resourcefulness of the Metropolitan Police. The force has been determined to make amends for the initial hopelessly bungled investigation and the lengthy delay before the Lawrence family was finally able to witness justice at least partially done.However, this is no time for self-congratulation on the part of the police. The murder of Stephen Lawrence provoked, in the years that followed, wide-ranging and necessary analyses of police practice, particularly the forces relations with ethnic minority communities.The Macp stanley flasche herson report of 1999, which concluded that the Met was institutionally racist, identified the use of stop and search by the police as a great source of tension. Of particular concern was the disproportionate use of the powers on members of ethnic minorities 鈥?especially young African-Caribbean men 鈥?under Section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.Evidence suggests that this imbalance continues and has even become more pronounced. Policing a diverse society is a significant challenge. Ten years after stanley ca the Macpherson inquiry, Dr Richard Stone, a member of the original panel, praised the remarkable improve stanley uk ment in the professionalism of policing in London and outside . But he continue