Trevor Phillips is attacked by his own quango over Big Brother deal

The Government’s equality chief has been attacked by his own organisation for being paid by Channel 4 to advise them following the Big Brother racism scandal involving Indian actress Shilpa Shetty.
The future of Trevor Phillips, the £110,000-a-year chairman of Labour’s new Equality and Human Rights Commission ‘super quango’, was in question last night after it was revealed his conduct had been challenged both by the Commission and the Government.
Mr Phillips came under fire after The Mail on Sunday disclosed in June that he was hired by Channel 4 in the wake of the furore over the treatment of Ms Shetty.
He denied any wrongdoing. But today it can be revealed that:
A secret review ordered by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) suggests he was guilty of a conflict of interest.
He faced a revolt by fellow commissioners at a recent EHRC board meeting.
Whitehall’s anti-sleaze mandarin has launched an investigation into the matter.

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