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The Charity Commission is considering whether to investigate a leading race equality thinktank after claims from Conservative MPs that it is pursuing a political agenda.
More than a dozen Tories have written to the commission demanding an investigation into the Runnymede Trust over its criticism of the Sewell report into racial disparities in the UK.
Organised by the former minister Sir John Hayes and signed by Tory MPs including Sir Edward Leigh, Sally-Ann Hart and Imran Ahmad Khan, the letter claimed the trust was unduly interested in criticising the government rather than in the conclusions of the race commission’s report.
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The National Gallery is being called on to become the first UK public institution to build a “counter-monument” to the slave trade.
Last Thursday the London gallery announced the six shortlisted design teams that will compete for a £30m project to mark its bicentenary in 2024. The NG200 plans include revamping the main entrance in Trafalgar Square, with an opportunity to “reimagine the public realm” by linking its 1991 Sainsbury’s Wing with the historic setting of the Wilkins Building.
Prof Fred Steward of the School of Architecture and Cities at Westminster University, said this could be a chance to create “an imaginative counter-monument of national contrition for our central role in the slave trade”. As part of its plans, he argued, the gallery could address the issue of the 1.5 metre bronze statue of James II in its front garden. In 1660, before he became king, James Stuart was a founder of the Royal African Company, which sent more tha
Government’s race report ‘isn’t credible’, says Keir Starmer Nadine White © Provided by The Independent
Keir Starmer has said the government-backed review of racial disparities in Britain “lacks credibility”, amid growing calls for the prime minister to reject its “disingenuous” findings.
The Labour Party leader’s comments come after the report said that geography, family influence, socio-economic background, culture and religion all affect life chances more than discrimination, dismissing the idea that structural racism is an issue in Britain.
The report also criticised the “accusatory tone of much of the current rhetoric on race, and the pessimism about what has been and what more can be achieved”.
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Boris Johnson should withdraw a report into racism and instead implement recommendations of past inquiries, campaigners have said.
Groups including Black Lives Matter UK say the government-commissioned report had provoked national indignation .
And, they say in a letter to the PM, it whitewashes the daily challenges faced by black and minoritised communities .
Mr Johnson has said he does not agree with everything in the report but he wants to implement its recommendations.
The commission was tasked with looking into racial inequality in the UK.
Their report - published last month - concluded that the country no longer has a system rigged against people from ethnic minorities.
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