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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Baroness Doreen Lawrence said the authors of the report are “not in touch with reality”.
Her comments come after the report said that geography, family influence, socio-economic background, culture and religion all affect life chances more than racism.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that more work needs to be done to tackle “very serious issues” of racism in Britain.
Baroness Lawrence was made a peer in 2013 after campaigning for justice for her son who died in 1993 following a racially motivated attack in south-east London.
Speaking at a public event organised by De Montfort University Leicester’s (DMU) Stephen Lawrence Research Centre on Wednesday, she said: “When I first heard about the report my first thought was it has pushed [the fight against] racism back 20 years or more.