Campaigners have condemned the government’s race commission report for suggesting that Britain is not an institutionally racist country, saying they are “deeply, massively let down” by its findings.
Commissioned in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests last year, the report, which will be published on Wednesday, says the UK has become a “more open society”.
While admitting that racism persists, its sees the UK “as a model for other white-majority countries” regarding race equality in education and the workplace.
Halima Begum, the chief executive of the Runnymede Trust, a leading race equality think-tank, is among those who disagree with the commission’s conclusions.
“Institutionally, we are still racist, and for a government-appointed commission to look into (institutional) racism, to deny its existence is deeply, deeply worrying,” she said.
In Brexit news, a three year inquiry will be launched to assess the economic changes the UK will experience over the next decade.
Torsten Bell, chief executive of the Resolution Foundation, which will co-run the inquiry, said: “The UK is poised for a decade of unprecedented economic change as it not only emerges from the pandemic, but also finds its post-Brexit place in the world, and ramps up its zero-carbon transition.”
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