Tony Blair called plans to sack racist police officers 'OTT'

Tony Blair dismissed plans to sack racist police officers in wake of Stephen Lawrence murder as 'OTT'

Then-PM also blocked proposals for race equality strategy following landmark report into the murder of the black teenager by white thugs.

1999 Macpherson Report set out wide-ranging proposals for reform after it found Met probe into 1993 murder failed in part due to 'institutional racism'. In response, home secretary Jack Straw, who commissioned the inquiry, wanted to publish a white paper with a ten-year strategy for tackling racial inequality.

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