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| Doreen Lawrence to become Labour peer | |
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| The mother of the murdered London teenager Stephen Lawrence is to be made a Labour peer, the BBC understands. | |
| Doreen Lawrence has led a long campaign to find out what happened to her son, who was killed in a racially-aggravated attack in 1993. | |
| Two men were eventually convicted of his murder in 2011. | |
| The BBC's Danny Shaw said the nomination had been agreed by Labour leader Ed Miliband and put forward to No 10 in a list of recommendations. | |
| Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence was stabbed by a gang of white youths as he waited for a bus in south London. | |
| An inquiry following the murder led the Metropolitan Police to be accused of institutional racism and found failings in how the force had investigated the crime. | |
| Speaking earlier this month, in the wake of fresh allegations that officers had carried out a smear campaign against her family during the investigation, Mrs Lawrence said there were "still elements of racism within the police". | |
| Leading public figures, including Mr Miliband, Prime Minister David Cameron and Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe attended a memorial service earlier this year to honour the black teenager. | |
| Mrs Lawrence, a special needs teacher, founded the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust to promote a positive community legacy in her son's name. | |
| The Evening Standard said Mrs Lawrence's name would be included in a list of new peerages expected to be announced on Thursday, entitling her to sit in the House of Lords. | |
| Labour has not confirmed this would happen. |