On 27 August 2016, the Prime Minister Theresa May launched an audit of public services to reveal racial disparities and to help end the injustices that many people experience.
In August 2016, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) published its concluding observations on the UK’s twenty-first to twenty-third periodic reports.
On 18 August 2016, the Equality and Human Rights Commission published ‘Healing a divided Britain: the need for a comprehensive race equality strategy’.
In August 2016, the Labour Party’s Shadow Women and Equalities team launched a race equality consultation seeking views on tackling racism and discrimination in modern Britain. There is currently no closing date for the consultation.
Trades Union Congress research from August 2016 has shown that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) workers are a third more likely to be underemployed.
Leading equality and human rights barristers from Cloisters chambers give a monthly practical insight into key legal developments.
The Trades Union Congress produced guidance, ‘Combatting racist abuse in the workplace: A TUC guide to protecting migrant and Black and Minority Ethnic workers from violence, harassment and abuse’, in August 2016.
The Trades Union Congress published in August 2016 their guidance, ‘Challenging racism after the EU referendum: An action plan for challenging racism and xenophobia’.
The Trades Union Congress published a report in August 2016, ‘Managing migration better for Britain: What the government should be doing now’.
The Race Equality Foundation published a report ‘Calling for a national strategy to address rising race and religious hate crime in England and Wales’, written by Dr Leander Neckles, in July 2016.
