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Enoch was wrong: How Britain moved on from ‘Rivers of Blood’

Enoch was wrong: How Britain moved on from ‘Rivers of Blood’ Date: 16 April 2018

Fifty years on from Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech, Britain has largely moved on from Powell’s divisive views on race, says new research

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Integration Green Paper: our 10-point plan to turn commitments into local action

Integration Green Paper: our 10-point plan to turn commitments into local action Date: 14 March 2018

What needs to happen to turn the Green Paper commitments into real integration? Jill Rutter highlights ten things that need to happen for this to take place.

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Integration Green Paper: an important foundation for an ‘all of us’ approach

Integration Green Paper: an important foundation for an ‘all of us’ approach Date: 14 March 2018

The new Integration Green Paper moves on from the Casey Review to a broader debate about integration. There is consensus on what we need to do – now we must get on and do it.

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Immigration speech by Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott – response

Immigration speech by Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott – response Date: 21 February 2018

“Since the EU referendum there’s been a surprising lack of debate from both Government and Opposition on immigration. It is good that the Labour opposition wants to begin to fill that vacuum, though Diane Abbott did not take on the really big question today of whether and how to replace free movement after Brexit,” says British Future Director Sunder Katwala

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Integration key to building trust on immigration in West Midlands – new reports

Integration key to building trust on immigration in West Midlands – new reports Date: 24 January 2018

New West Midlands reports from the National Conversation – from Kidderminster, Sutton Coldfield, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and North Staffordshire – show that local integration may hold the key to rebuilding trust and consensus on immigration.

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Home Affairs Committee report: a timely plea for consensus-building

Home Affairs Committee report: a timely plea for consensus-building Date: 18 January 2018

The Home Affairs Committee’s report, ‘Immigration Policy: Basis for Building Consensus,’ is a timely intervention in the debate about Britain’s future immigration policy after Brexit – and adopts many proposals set out by British Future.

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The National Conversation on Immigration – interim report

The National Conversation on Immigration – interim report Date: 15 January 2018

The National Conversation on Immigration, the UK’s biggest-ever public consultation on this issue, published its initial findings

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How can shared history help integration in Bradford today?

How can shared history help integration in Bradford today? Date: 8 December 2017

Naz Shah, MP for Bradford West, spoke at Bradford’s Cartwright Hall at a British Future event to explore how greater understanding of the First World War contribution from the Indian Army’s Muslim soldiers could help integration in Britain today.

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What do people in Wales think about immigration?

What do people in Wales think about immigration? Date: 4 December 2017

Are Welsh attitudes to immigration different to those in England and Scotland? Polling from British Future takes the temperature in Wales.

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British Future’s latest activity on Twitter