Tory MP's complaint that prize for writers of colour was unfair to whites dismissed

Philip Davies had complained to the Equality and Human Rights Commission that the Jhalak prize breached discrimination rules

A Conservative MP who claimed that a book prize set up to address the lack of diversity in British publishing was discriminatory against white people has had his complaint dismissed.

Philip Davies, Conservative MP for Shipley, wrote to the Equality and Human Rights Commission in January, claiming that the Jhalak prize for writers of colour, discriminated against white writers.

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