Date: 17 July 2024
The Reform Party must do more to exclude extreme candidates and has a worse reputation on racism than UKIP in 2015, finds a new poll.
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: 5 July 2024
A record number of 90 ethnic minority MPs have been elected to sit in the UK’s most diverse parliament ever.
Date: 10 June 2024
2024 will see the biggest ever increase in ethnic minority MPs and the UK’s most diverse parliament, according to new analysis of final candidate selections by British Future.
Date: 4 June 2024
New research shows the need to raise awareness of Black and Asian service in the world wars, as prominent voices sign a joint letter for D-Day 80 urging that Commonwealth forces are not overlooked.
Date: 22 April 2024
The Rwanda scheme could only be seen as successful if it leads to small boat arrivals falling by half, according to a new poll.
Date: 17 March 2024
New polling for British Future finds public support for amendments to the Safety of Rwanda Bill proposed by the House of Lords.
Date: 19 February 2024
A new toolkit for local authorities showcases innovative ways in which councils are providing support to people seeking asylum.
Date: 9 December 2023
New research into UK attitudes to future UK-EU relations finds an appetite for Britain to cooperate more closely with Europe.
With 14% of MPs from ethnic minority groups, this parliament is now ethnically representative of the people that elected it. I've been writing about candidate selection over the last year for @britishfuture. This group photo brings to life my research.
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Government not to renew contract for Bibby Stockholm barge for asylum seekers. Will continue to be used until January 2025, home office say it would have cost £20million for another year
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We costed the Rwanda scheme back in March:
Costs included:
💰 Up-front fixed costs of £370m
💰 £120m once 300 people were relocated
💰 £20,000 for each person relocated as part of ETIF
💰 Up to £150,874 per person for asylum processing & integration
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My column on Biden's departure & Kamala Harris's all but certain candidacy in America's most volatile election since 1968. Trump is favourite - but predictions the failed assassination would boost him did not materialise & show why he could still lose
📢We’re delighted to share that today we have published our most recent report #FindingASafeHome, focussing on the UK’s response to displaced Ukrainians and learnings for solutions to refugee accommodation.
Read it below 👇
List of PPS appointments. Lots of the most high profile new MPs on there.
Torsten Bell to the Cabinet Office
Imogen Walker (Morgan McSweeney's other half) to the Treasury
Liam Conlon (Sue Gray's son) to Transport.
Congratulations @kimleadbeater - an inspired choice to join the @DCMS team as pps, given the bridging potential of culture & sport in so many ways
"The clock is now ticking toward the next Euros, when football will quite literally come home"
Our @jake_puddle asks how #Euro2028 – hosted in the UK & Ireland – can harness the connecting power of football to create a more inclusive sense of 'us'.
https://www.britishfuture.org/euro-2028-can-bring-people-together/
"Reform’s ‘marmite’ appeal in 2024 is strikingly similar to that of UKIP almost a decade ago," writes @sundersays for @ConHome on our new @focaldataHQ research into public views of Nigel Farage's insurgent party
Sunder Katwala: Reform must work much harder to root out racist candidates if it to win public...
At present, it speaks for a particular section of the electorate whilst leaving many voters deeply ambivalent about ...
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“I can show my face, I can speak... I am taking part in the history of my generation.” Hong Kongers in the UK value new freedoms, but some are struggling to find decent work as they build new lives here, writes @TheEconomist
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