Date: 5 June 2018
Greater efforts to promote contact between children from different ethnic, faith and class backgrounds – including ‘twinning’ of faith schools to help pupils mix with children of other faiths – should be mandatory in all state schools, British Future proposes today in its submission to the government’s consultation on its Integrated Communities Strategy green paper.
Date: 4 June 2018
As Gareth Southgate’s young England footballers progress in the World Cup, is it time we English got the flags out and celebrated our national identity a bit more?
Date: 21 May 2018
No Place for Prejudice is a new social media campaign from British Future which urges everyone to stand up to prejudice if they see it.
Date: 9 May 2018
When Prince Harry marries Meghan Markle on 19 May, Britain will welcome its first mixed-race princess – and most Britons will barely notice.
Date: 1 May 2018
Sajid Javid arrives at the Home Office at a ‘reset moment’ for immigration policy, writes Steve Ballinger
Date: 30 April 2018
Sajid Javid starts his new role as Home Secretary at a moment of both challenge and opportunity, writes Sunder Katwala
Date: 25 April 2018
Sunder Katwala looks back on Labour’s anti-racism achievements and offers advice and challenge on ridding the party of antisemitism
Date: 22 April 2018
Steve Ballinger finds out how Wolverhampton has remembered – and forgotten – the 50th anniversary of ‘that speech’ by its former MP.
Date: 22 April 2018
Less than half of ethnic minority Britons feel there has been progress on racial prejudice over the 25 years since Stephen Lawrence’s murder, according to a new survey
"If this Henry Jackson Society poll was an active demonstration of how to frame an argument to inflate support for Hamas in polarised times, its results offer insights for counter-extremism voices who want to marginalise extreme narratives, rather than boost them" - @sundersays
Brixton procession and opera 'flash mob' to mark #WindrushDay2024
via @brixtonblog
New @migobs analysis shows high cost of becoming a British citizen + risks of exploitation for care workers after dependants ban.
Migration Observatory analyses show the high cost of becoming a British citizen, and risks of...
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk
Times reports Rwanda has now sold to private residents 70% of the 163 homes in new housing project funded by UK government as part of UK-Rwanda migration partnership. Braverman visited a year ago, tweeting the project was one "people seeking refugee would come to call home"
Sunday Telegraph news report on a poll of British Muslim attitudes, with comments from Fiyaz Mughal responding to it. This survey found that 4/10 Muslim respondents say Hamas did not commit atrocities on October 7th. Thread on these findings follows.
The 6th anniversary of Home Office Windrush Scandal which took place yesterday at Windrush Square in Brixton. My tribute to those who have died so far!
Our @jake_puddle writes for @lgcplus on how councils are driving new ideas to support people seeking asylum – and a new toolkit to share this innovation with others working in local government. https://www.lgcplus.com/services/community-cohesion/jake-puddle-councils-are-driving-new-ideas-to-support-people-seeking-asylum-03-04-2024/
"Strengthening social cohesion could never be the work of govt alone – but a stronger framework for what public policy can contribute could help unlock the broader civic response that we need too." @sundersays for @EasternEye on Sara Khan's cohesion review https://www.easterneye.biz/dame-sara-khan-review-social-cohesion/
"Responses that support asylum-seekers are possible and even effective, improving outcomes for both people seeking asylum and the communities in which they live," argues @mweihmayer for @LSEpoliticsblog referencing new @britishfuture asylum toolkit
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/government-vs-councils-on-asylum-policy/
"Migration for work: the ‘brightest and best’ vs economic and social need" - our @Heather_Rolfe analyses the new Immigration Attitudes Tracker data in this blog for @UKandEU https://ukandeu.ac.uk/attitudes-towards-migration-for-work-the-brightest-and-best-vs-economic-and-social-need/
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