The UK government will pay £14,250 to Irish rap group Kneecap over a decision by former business secretary Kemi Badenoch to refuse them funding.
Irish language rap group Kneecap have won their discrimination case against the UK government after former business secretary Kemi Badenoch refused them funding. The trio - who have been criticised by former Tory government members for some of their lyrics - launched legal action, claiming the decision to withhold the grant discriminated against them on grounds of nationalist and political opinion.
'For us, this action was never about £14,250; it could have been 50p,' he said. 'This was an attack on artistic culture, an attack on the Good Friday Agreement itself and an attack on Kneecap and our way of expressing ourselves.' He added: 'The former secretary of state Kemi Badenoch and her department acted unlawfully; this is now a fact. 'They have tried to silence us and they have failed.
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