Date: 5 July 2024
Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has won a landslide majority. What can we learn from the 2024 general election result for what happens next?
Date: 6 January 2022
2022 will be a year of identity, writes Sunder Katwala. Work to build bridges across divides in our society will be more important than ever.
Date: 31 December 2021
How British Future responded to shifting debates about identity and immigration, integration, race and social connection in 2021.
Date: 1 October 2020
Our joint initiative with the Royal British Legion bringing people from different backgrounds together to commemorate shared history.
Date: 6 August 2020
A national conversation about what unites and divides us, and how we can help reconnect with each other.
Date: 10 June 2020
People across the country are being encouraged to come together on 5 July for a shared, national moment of thanks for everyone helping get us through the covid-19 crisis.
Date: 19 May 2020
Most people think care workers and other low-paid migrant workers doing ‘important jobs’ should be exempt from a proposed ‘salary threshold’ – new poll.
Date: 14 May 2020
Government and charities need to act now to make sure recent volunteering efforts have a lasting legacy, writes Jill Rutter
Date: 13 May 2020
A new report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration, from its inquiry into how COVID-19 has impacted efforts to reach isolated groups.
As Conservatives head to the party's annual conference, @sundersays examines new findings on public attitudes showing the challenge for the party and its new leader to win back public trust on immigration.
https://www.britishfuture.org/can-the-next-tory-leader-tackle-the-partys-trust-deficit-on-immigration/
#CPC24
'EU hints at compromise on youth mobility deal' - @BBCNews
EU hints at compromise on youth mobility deal
Keir Starmer is meeting European Commission president in Brussels for the first time as PM next week.
www.bbc.co.uk
Our @sundersays speaks to @bonsuman on @TimesRadio tonight 11.30pm about today’s #Windrush report, the riots and race in Britain
The report is now up on the government website ("but does not represent government policy and the views included in it are those of the author")
"The Home Office has been forced to release a suppressed report on the origins of the Windrush scandal by a tribunal judge who quoted George Orwell in a judgment criticising the department’s lack of transparency" - @guardian (report out today)
“The long-awaited publication of a report into the roots of the Windrush scandal is key to reinforcing transparency around government, a campaigner has said” - @itvnews report citing @ppvernon
Keir Starmer's conference speech drew a line between the toxic racism of rioters and the "legitimate concerns" that some people hold about immigration. Sunder Katwala examines the difference between 'legitimate concerns' – and those with no legitimacy.
https://www.britishfuture.org/understanding-legitimate-concerns-and-how-to-differentiate-them-from-those-with-no-legitimacy/
A reminder of our joint paper ‘After the riots’, setting out how govt should respond and help build more resilient communities:
We’ll be discussing further ar a conference on 20 Nov with @BelongNetwork @togethercoalit
‘After the Riots - How do we respond to the causes of racism, disorder and violence in our communities?’ - our #LabourConference2024 fringe with @togethercoalit @BelongNetwork - @matthyde of @LBFEW introduces the panel
“This didn’t come out of nowhere. It came after years of vitriol towards minority communities in the uk.” Says @MrBrendanCox - We need different narratives, he says, telling the everyday stories of communities who live together and work together
.@MrBrendanCox “What tends to happen after riots is that the political response is law and order - a brilliant place to start, a terrible place to stop. Unless this gets consistent political attention, we’re going to get nowhere.”
.@mcintosh_kim says creating more social contact between people from different backgrounds is important, but it has to be intentional and properly resourced, so people have sustained, positive contact.
.@MrBrendanCox “What tends to happen after riots is that the political response is law and order - a brilliant place to start, a terrible place to stop. Unless this gets consistent political attention, we’re going to get nowhere.”
;
