sima kotecha, bbc news. with more on this, sima kotecha joins me now from the newsroom.ow leave this whole plan?— leave this whole plan? that is a very good _ leave this whole plan? that is a very good question, _ leave this whole plan? that is a very good question, hello, - leave this whole plan? that is a very good question, hello, we | leave this whole plan? that is a - very good question, hello, we don't really know, what we do know is that the former head of this plan, very recently, retired from his position, following unrelated allegations of bullying, so there is a new leader now in charge, who has told newsnight that he is going to refresh the programme and that he is going to make sure those experiences of black people are represented and reflected in what the plan goes on to do next, but remember, this comes at a time when policing has been mired in criticism, racist criticism, we have seen scandal after scandal, criticism, we have seen scandal afterscandal, hitting criticism, we have seen scandal after scandal, hitting forcing across england, wales even polic

sima kotecha, bbc news.here that announcement will be made in the next hour. just bring us up to date. it is hard to believe that _ just bring us up to date. it is hard to believe that his _ just bring us up to date. it is hard to believe that his has _ just bring us up to date. it is hard to believe that his has been - just bring us up to date. it is hard to believe that his has been less. to believe that his has been less than a year since the lionesses were crowned european champions and now they are targeting an even bigger goal, the world cup in australia and new zealand which gets under way in seven weeks�* time. in an hour we will know which 23 players have made the squad. what we do know is we have a new look squad compared to last summer because some key players have already been ruled out through injury including the captain leah williamson some players such asjill scott and ellen white have attired and there are some players who have picked up injuries in recent months and have not returned yet to

sima kotecha, bbc news. joining me now is shabnam chaudhri — former detective superintendent.d to tackle racism actually accused of racist behaviour itself. if anything, thisjust racist behaviour itself. if anything, this just serves to underline quite how big a challenge this is. it’s underline quite how big a challenge this is. �* , . . ., underline quite how big a challenge this is. �*, . . . �*, this is. it's a huge challenge, it's really. really _ this is. it's a huge challenge, it's really, really frustrating, - really, really frustrating, disappointing, it comes at absolutely no surprise whatsoever. listening to the gentleman who wished to remain anonymous, it is the same feelings and emotions for black and asian officers are feeling and express consistently certainly throughout the 30 years that i served within policing. the same labels that you get, you are difficult, you are undermined and what we are trying to do here. and this is a real opportunity for policing across the whole of the uk to actually come together to get this right and very disappointing. am i right

newsnight�*s uk editor sima kotecha reports.claims of racism in recent years. but now the very plan set up to tackle this is at the centre of fresh claims of racism. ijoined the programme to share my lived and professional experience as well as my knowledge and working in the police. the police race action plan, published last year, aims to build trust with black communities. one person who worked on the programme told us they had this experience. they want to remain anonymous because of their current role. i was treated differently to my white colleagues by a lack of support being offered when the workload increased. it was openly question if black people were even needed to work on the plan. i increasingly felt my voice and at times i lived and professional experience were being ignored. they're just one of several people of colour who've raised serious concerns about discrimination at the unit, with some saying that their experiences were belittled and ignored. we've also seen documentation outlining other complaints from peo

newsnight�*s uk editor sima kotecha reports.f racism in recent years. but now the very plan set up to tackle this is at the centre of fresh claims of racism. ijoined the programme to share my lived and professional experience as well as my knowledge and working in the police. the police race action plan, published last year, aims to build trust with black communities. one person who worked on the programme told us they had this experience. they want to remain anonymous because of their current role. i was treated differently to my white colleagues by a lack of support being offered when the workload increased. it was openly question if black people were even needed to work on the plan. i increasingly felt my voice and at times i lived and professional experience were being ignored. they're just one of several people of colour who've raised serious concerns about discrimination at the unit, with some saying that their experiences were belittled and ignored. we've also seen documentation outlining other complaints from people of c

sima kotecha reports. and my normal day—to—day life -- it. it health and my normal day—to—day life —— it. itjust felt like i was in prison. -- it. it 'ust felt like i was in rison. ~ ., -- it. it 'ust felt like i was in rison. ~ . ., , ., ., prison. waiting to be hard and it can be a lot _ prison. waiting to be hard and it can be a lot harder— prison. waiting to be hard and it can be a lot harder when - prison. waiting to be hard and it can be a lot harder when you i prison. waiting to be hard and it| can be a lot harder when you are prison. waiting to be hard and it i can be a lot harder when you are a victim in a court case. she was assaulted by her ex—boyfriend in the case was delayed several times, exacerbating her anxiety. i case was delayed several times, exacerbating her anxiety.- case was delayed several times, exacerbating her anxiety. i think it was like six _ exacerbating her anxiety. i think it was like six times _ exacerbating her anxiety. i think it was like six times that _ exacerbating her

bbc newsnight�*s uk editor, sima kotecha, has been speaking with dan kaszeta, and she started off byreally terribly interesting from my perspective. after some hemming and hawing with the conference organisers, they said, "no, no, we'll waive the conference fee," you know, "we'll make you a keynote speaker." i'm like, "fine, ok. it's ten minutes from my house. i'll do it." nothing happens, nothing happens, nothing happens. almost three months later i get a quite stonking email — which i'm happy to show to you, by the way, i brought it with me — uninviting me and uninviting me from speaking because of a cabinet office policy allegedly in place since 2022, saying that i've been critical of government officials and/or government policy on social media. and so if that's not the definition of blacklisting, i don't know what is. just to be clear, what were you going to speak about at this conference? i mean, was there anything political about your appearance whatsoever? i was going to speak about possible future scenarios around the world in which chemical demilitarisation, which is actual

sima kotecha reporting.ts, who went to the police in december 2018 to report that she had been raped. her case finally got to court four years later, december 2022. amy has waived her right to anonymity to talk to you tonight. also with us is london victims�* commissioner claire waxman, who has been lobbying government to tackle delays. welcome both of you. amy, i know this is your first event of you about your experience, so thank you very much for talking to newsnight. i wonder if you can give our audience and insight into what it is like to wait for four years for your case to reach court. it like to wait for four years for your case to reach court.— case to reach court. it was extremely — case to reach court. it was extremely debilitating. - case to reach court. it was extremely debilitating. i i case to reach court. it was i extremely debilitating. i was case to reach court. it was - extremely debilitating. i was not really able to work properly, like truly could not hold down a job or take on clients.

sima kotecha reporting.here anything in this that surprised you are?— was there anything in this that surprised you are? no, it is always shockin: surprised you are? no, it is always shocking but _ surprised you are? no, it is always shocking but it _ surprised you are? no, it is always shocking but it wasn't _ surprised you are? no, it is always shocking but it wasn't surprising i shocking but it wasn't surprising and it follows from last year's sexual harassment survey which showed a massive uptick in the number of women disclosing what they are describing is particularly upsetting behaviours and it reflects exactly the kinds of cases that women are bringing to us and wanting advice about. by, women are bringing to us and wanting advice about-— advice about. a big increase, at the same time — advice about. a big increase, at the same time we _ advice about. a big increase, at the same time we are _ advice about. a big increase, at the same time we are hearing - advice about. a big increase, at the same tim