UK announces long-term plan to tackle racial disparities
March 17, 2022, 10:22 am

UK announces long-term plan to tackle racial disparities

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The BBC reported, the UK government has set out its long-term vision to address racial disparities in the UK with changes to policing, health and education.

It said that more than 70 measures are part of the new "Inclusive Britain" action plan. It includes greater scrutiny over the way police use stop and search powers and improvements to how ethnicity data is collected.

It mentioned, inclusive Britain has been developed in response to the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

That led to the establishment of a Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which made a series of recommendations for reform, grouped under three key themes: building trust, promoting fairness, and creating agency.

The new measures include:

- A new, national framework for police powers, such as stop and search, with greater scrutiny at a local level

UK police-London city in England (File photo: Pixabay)

- An automatic "opt-in" pilot to help ethnic minorities and others receive legal advice when in police custody

- A new Office for Health Improvement and Disparities to improve health for everyone

- A diverse panel of historians to develop a new knowledge-rich Model History Curriculum by 2024, exploring Britain's historical past

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- Guidance to employers on how to measure and address the ethnicity pay gap

Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch MP said: "This is at the heart of our levelling up agenda. It's broader and more wide-ranging than any other review we've had into race and ethnicity in this country.

"The causes behind racial disparities are complex and often misunderstood.

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"Our new strategy is about action, not rhetoric and will help create a country where a person's race, social or ethnic background is no barrier to achieving their ambitions."

Source: BBC

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