4in10 fully support the joint statement from social sector leaders on the right to campaign, issued following a speech in the House of Commons by Sir John Hayes MP in which he stated that he and 20 other MP’s had written to the Charity Commission to complain about the Runnymede Trust’s response to the report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, (The Sewell report). Sir John asked for assurance from minister Kemi Badenoch that she make representations across government to “stop the worthless work—often publicly funded—of organisations that are promulgating weird, woke ideas…” As the statement says, the changes that charities are asking for are not “worthless” or “weird” but focused on solving some of this country’s most enduring challenges.
