A government-commissioned report which found that the UK "no longer" had a system rigged against minorities has been accused of ignoring black and ethnic minority people’s concerns. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities said family structure and social class had a bigger impact than race on how people’s lives turned out.
Campaigners said it laid the blame for inequality on individuals and families.
And Labour has accused the government of downplaying institutional racism.
Newsnight’s Political Editor Nick Watt reports. Katie Razzall is joined by Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities member Samir Shah, Policy Exchange’s Calvin Robinson, Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy and journalist Nadine Batchelor-Hunt.
#Newsnight #BBCNews
Newsnight is the BBC’s flagship news and current affairs TV programme – with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsnight
"La linea del governo è molto chiara dall'inizio, abbiamo sostenuto l'Ucraina per costruire la pace. La pace non si costruisce…
Volodymyr Zelensky says he is “afraid” Donald Trump could “lose interest” in negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine,…
PECHINO (CINA) (XINHUA/ITALPRESS) – La Cina ha avviato progetti di ristrutturazione in 25.100 vecchie comunità residenziali urbane nei primi dieci…
Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, after it was decided Israel could compete.…