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The Lord who grew up on a council estate

Community champion: Race and equalities activist Simon Woolley, founder of the campaigning organisation Operation Black Vote (OBV), received a knighthood in the late Queen’s 2019 birthday honours list.

Is Britain a meritocracy? Simon Woolley left school without any A-levels, but after a life of campaigning for equality is now the head of a Cambridge college.

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