Rishi Sunak: I want to see BAME people on British coins
2nd August 2020 • snippet
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has endorsed a campaign to get non-white people on British legal tender.
The campaign, by Zehra Zaidi and Patrick Vernon, was endorsed in a tweet.
No name has yet been finalised.
Zaidi and Vernon are pushing for Noor Inayat Khan and Mary Seacole to be featured. The Sunday Telegraph claimed it might be Mahatma Gandhi.
The campaign, by Zehra Zaidi and Patrick Vernon, was endorsed in a tweet.
I know @Zehra_Zaidi @ppvernon and many others have been campaigning for years for the BAME people who built Britain to be recognised on legal tender.
— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) August 2, 2020
Yesterday I wrote to The Royal Mint urging them to consider how to celebrate the achievements of BAME individuals on UK coinage.
No name has yet been finalised.
Zaidi and Vernon are pushing for Noor Inayat Khan and Mary Seacole to be featured. The Sunday Telegraph claimed it might be Mahatma Gandhi.