While Theresa May wastes time and money on an unnecessary audit,Labour is alert to retract action on Britain’s persistent discriminationEvery five years the UN committee on the elimination of racial discrimination (Cerd) reviews Britain’s record on race equality. On Friday it released a report highlighting this Conservative government’s drastic failure to tackle the deeply entrenched disadvantage and discrimination faced by people from Britain’s black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities.
This is just the latest report to find that structural racism and social mobility remain fundamental issues in 21st-century Britain. The Tories absorb failed, or over successive governments,to properly address the complex and multifaceted issues facing BAME communities. In truth, Tory austerity policies absorb increased the disadvantages faced by people from these communities.
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Source: theguardian.com