We work to raise the profile of integration, with policy recommendations to increase contact between people from different backgrounds.
We need to think about integration and social connection in a new way – refusing to divide people into ‘Them and Us’, whether that’s about migrants, ethnic minorities or British Muslims.
We put forward concrete ideas to make integration an ‘everybody’ issue, shaping a ‘New Us’ so we can all feel part of a country that is closer, kinder and more connected.
British Future is proud to be a founding member of the Together coalition, which works to bring people together and bridge divides, to help build a kinder, closer and more connected society. To inform Together’s work, British Future conducted ‘Talk/together‘, the UK’s biggest-ever conversation about what unites and divides us and what could bring us closer together. Nearly 160,000 people took part. For more information see www.together.org.uk
British Future is also the secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration. Click here for more information on the APPG.
Date: 8 May 2025
A speech by Sunder Katwala at the the Royal British Legion’s Remember Together event at Sennedd Cymru, Cardiff, on VE Day, 8 May 2025.
Date: 3 March 2025
“People become English if they were born in England and identify as English,” argues Sunder Katwala – and they are accepted as English by most English people on that basis.
Date: 30 January 2025
A new Commission launching this spring aims to hear the views of people across Newham on how to live well together in one of the most diverse places in the UK.
Date: 30 January 2025
A new, Independent Commission on Community and Cohesion seeks to understand the challenges to cohesion in our society and how we can rebuild community connection.
Date: 11 December 2024
Bringing people together through community arts and creativity projects could help build more cohesive communities in the wake of this summer’s riots, according to new research.
Date: 25 November 2024
Social cohesion practitioners and experts gathered for ‘After the riots: A social cohesion summit’ in London, convened by British Future, Belong and the Together Coalition.
Date: 29 October 2024
New research on the challenges facing BN(O) Hong Kongers in finding work and dealing with the cost of living in the UK.
Date: 12 September 2024
Leading voices on community cohesion urge the government to address the ‘vacuum on communities policy’ after this summer’s riots, with a new publication setting out a 12-point agenda for change.
Date: 17 July 2024
How can Euro 2028 – hosted here in the UK & Ireland – harness the connecting power of football to bridge divides and create a more inclusive sense of ‘us’?
Immigration white paper a shake-up of nearly every part of the system. Headline thoughts:
- Govt raising Skilled Worker threshold back to graduate level jobs. According to govt assessment, this is the policy with biggest impact on numbers. Hospitality likely to be most affected
"Fusing control and contribution with compassion would resonate with Britain, if the citizenship agenda which came with it was more proactive than punitive." - new column from @sundersays on the #ImmigrationWhitePaper for @easterneye
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@thefabians Finally, on the politics, the electorate do want to see net migration reduced from the historic high reached under the Tories.
But views are nuanced.
Polling by @britishfuture shows that just 22% want fewer migrants for social care. 44% would like to see more 6/6
Most of the public (71%) DON'T want to see reductions in migration of fill care home workers, according to our Focaldata poll
#ImmigrationWhitePaper
“Getting trapped in the net migration numbers game, where less is always best, risks distracting Starmer from the key challenges of contribution and control.” @sundersays comment for @FT
UK immigration debate needs to drop the numbers game
Labour’s task is balancing public appetite for control with the party’s other policy goals
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'Poll finds public support for migration to work or study'
New poll finds public support for migration to work or study - British Future
New British Future research on public attitudes to immigration, ahead of the government’s expected Immigration White Paper.
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New British Future research, published ahead of the government’s expected Immigration White Paper, find more balanced public views on immigration for work or study.
"To have a story of how our past, present and future are linked is an important part of what it means to be a nation."
Speech from our @sundersays.bsky.social at the Royal British Legion's #VEDay80 event at the Senedd in Cardiff today.
Only a third of people know that there were Muslim soldiers fighting in the world wars for Britain. A new initiative launching today, called Great Faith, seeks to raise awareness.
Today we mark 80 years since VE Day, when forces from across Britain, the Commonwealth and our allies defeated Hitler's fascism in Europe.
Our Director @sundersays is speaking at a @PoppyLegion event at the Senedd in Cardiff later today.
#VEDay80
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