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 was one of a broad coalition of voices calling for the 2020s to be a ‘Decade of reconnection’ – and is now an integral part of the Together Coalition carrying this work forward.
British Future is the secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration. Click here for more information on the APPG.
Date: 26 May 2022
As new figures show 110,000 visas issued to Hong Kongers to live in the UK under the BN(O) scheme, new polling finds the public ready to take part in welcoming new arrivals to the UK.
Date: 14 March 2022
British Future Associate Fellow Jill Rutter writes about why her family has decided to offer a home to a Ukrainian refugee; and what the government needs to do to get this new scheme right.
Date: 2 March 2022
Our new Shared Goals project will explore the power of club football to help build social connection and bridge divides.
Date: 4 February 2022
Jill Rutter, an Associate Fellow at British Future, looks at the content of the new white paper on ‘Levelling up’, and what it could mean for integration
Date: 2 February 2022
Hong Kongers and those working to welcome them in the UK came together for the formal launch of the Welcoming Committee for Hong Kongers – which we are proud to be hosting at British Future.
Date: 29 November 2021
For integration and social connection, policy matters. A speech by British Future Director Sunder Katwala at the launch event for a new research report by the Belong Network.
Date: 27 October 2021
Businesses of all sizes, sectors and situations stepped up during the pandemic to help local communities. A new Social Integration APPG report asks whether this will continue and how business could contribute to the levelling-up of people and places.
Date: 27 October 2021
The upsurge in volunteering during the Covid-19 pandemic helped to connect people from different backgrounds and promote integration. This appetite for community action risks being lost without urgent policy action, warns a new APPG report.
Date: 5 October 2021
Communities and social infrastructure should be at the heart of the Levelling Up agenda, said the panel at this Conservative Party conference fringe, featuring Danny Kruger, PPS to Michael Gove at the Department for Levelling UP, Housing and Communities.
All Lords amendments rejected by the Commons, back to the Lords we go
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Great film from @Wolves showing the power of football to build a shared identity, across our differences. #OnePack
Thrilled the Pepshop PR campaign @MrKennyCampbell and I ran for @100Windrush is @CIPR_Global Excellence Awards nominated. A fantastic story working with fantastic people. @MykaellRiley @ppvernon @sundersays @DJTrevorNelson @steveballinger @BritishFuture #Windrush75 #CIPRexcel
Lords vote last night again insists that Rwanda Bill be amended. Commons expected to reject amendments and return Bill to Lords today https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/16/rwanda-bill-delayed-for-at-least-a-day-after-lords-pass-amendments?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
‘Defiance’ on @Channel4 is required viewing for youngsters with higher expectations of society, writes @sundersays
Defiance is required viewing for youngsters with higher expectations of society - EasternEye
By exploring the British Asian experience of racism, resistance and social conflict across the scorching summers of ...
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I reviewed "Another England" by @CarolineLucas for today's Observer, in which the outgoing Green MP appeals to her fellow progressives not to fear a rising English national consciousness, but rather to speak to Englishness & to seek to shape its future
Reports that Lords may send back the Rwanda Bill to the Commons with amendments one more time.
Reminder that our polling with @focaldataHQ found the public backs most of the Lords amendments:
Public backs Lords in clash with government on Rwanda bill – new poll - British Future
New polling for British Future finds the public agrees with amendments to the Safety of Rwanda Bill proposed by the House of Lords.
www.britishfuture.org
Rwanda: crossbench peer Lord McDonald of Salford enumerates the various reasons why the Lords should stand firm on its amendments to the government's Bill
Peers know the Rwanda bill is flawed and dangerous. We must use every power to oppose it | Simon...
Standing firm on our amendments would mean the Commons backs down or loses the bill, says Lord McDonald, former ...
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Thread from our @sundersays on the government's Rwanda scheme and the fantasy numbers being briefed to friendly newspapers (saying Rwanda could take up to 30k people when reality is closer to 300 per year)
As Parliament debates the 'Safety of Rwanda' Bill again this week, a reminder of our @focaldataHQ polling, which found that the majority of the public support almost all of the Lords' amendments.
https://www.britishfuture.org/public-backs-lords-in-clash-with-government-on-rwanda-bill-new-poll/
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