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The TUC has declared that "ministers must get to grips with how to stop disproportionate BAME unemployment" after it was revealed that 22% of BAME workers furloughed during lockdown have since lost their jobs. A study from independent think…
50 MPs and peers, including 37 from the Labour Party, have signed a joint letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of transport worker Belly Mujinga. The letter, penned…
In the seven years that I’ve been a member of the party, I have received only two direct emails from just one national executive committee (NEC) constituency rep – and before you ask, yes, I’ve been checking my spam folder. I decided to…
Marsha de Cordova has argued that the government has "failed to act to protect Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities" after a new report has shown BAME people are almost three times as likely to have lost their job as a result of…
Marsha de Cordova has argued that the Labour Party needs to "move away" from using the word BAME and described it as a term she “very much reject[s]”. The Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary suggested the term BAME (Black, Asian and…
Labour has encouraged conversation around anti-Black racism and representation in politics with the release of a new video featuring women and equalities spokesperson Marsha de Cordova this morning. Filmed at a gym in de Cordova's Battersea…
I was pleased to join Liam Byrne MP and my co-chairs yesterday to launch our report into the West Midlands inquiry into Covid-19 fatalities in the BAME community. This report is a culmination of two-and-a-half months of work gathering…
The events of the past year have put Black people in the UK under unbelievable emotional and physical pressure. It has asked us urgent questions about the world we are creating for our young ones and brought back painful memories of the…
Activists from the left of the party have called on the leadership to set up a roundtable discussion hosted by deputy leader Angela Rayner on racism within Labour. The letter sent to the party leadership and its ruling body comes from…
Which press releases to send out? Who to put up for broadcast? Which stories to brief out? What to lead on for the week? Which outlets to appear in? What tone to adopt? What to lead on for PMQs? How these decisions come about and who is sat…
I am from a Bangladeshi family with deep roots in Walsall in the West Midlands. My grandfather, a foundry worker and miner, moved to the town in 1960. He was followed by my parents in the 1970s, when I was born. Workers in the Bangladeshi…
As the brutal racist and sickening killing of George Floyd reverberates around the world, we stand in solidarity in condemnation – and we demand that systemic inequalities are confronted. Black lives matter. But that must be more than a…
