The 2024 Parliament will be Britain’s most diverse ever, with a record number of ethnic minority MPs taking seats in the Commons, according to new analysis of final candidate selections by British Future.
The General Election will see the biggest ever increase in minority representation. With around 14% of the new parliament’s MPs coming from an ethnic minority background, Westminster will be closer than ever before to reflecting the diversity of the electorate.
Progress on gender equality will be slower, however. While there will be more female MPs in the 2024 parliament than ever before, only around 4 in 10 MPs will be women, while they make up 51% of the electorate.
"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.”
.@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.”
. @LordWajidKhan says “You can’t do community cohesion on the cheap… we need to invest in this area.”
“What this showed us is that we need to build our resilience.”
. @LordWajidKhan says “You can’t do community cohesion on the cheap… we need to invest in this area.”
“What this showed us is that we need to build our resilience.”
. @Abtisam_Mohamed MP for Sheffield: “For the first times ever I had to decide if it was safe for me to go into the city centre… it anyone who looked different who was worried.”
. @Abtisam_Mohamed MP for Sheffield: “For the first times ever I had to decide if it was safe for me to go into the city centre… it anyone who looked different who was worried.”
.@patrick_hurley MP for Southport opens discussion by describing what happened this summer in the community he serves
.@patrick_hurley MP for Southport opens discussion by describing what happened this summer in the community he serves
‘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
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