Runnymede Trust
@runnymedetrust.bsky.social
For racial justice.
🔗 linktr.ee/runnymedetrust
🔗 linktr.ee/runnymedetrust
Reposted by Runnymede Trust
Reminder: Today is the LAST day you or your organisation can respond to the Government's Public Consultation on their proposed changes to settlement. Check out our follow along guide to help you respond: www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
February 12, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Reminder: Today is the LAST day you or your organisation can respond to the Government's Public Consultation on their proposed changes to settlement. Check out our follow along guide to help you respond: www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
We have a billionaire here, tax avoiding while blaming the poorest for the UK's economic crisis.
Ratcliffe follows a pattern of using false figures to whip up panic and misdirect blame. These comments are an insult to the many migrants - players and staff - who Man U rely on for worldwide success.
Ratcliffe follows a pattern of using false figures to whip up panic and misdirect blame. These comments are an insult to the many migrants - players and staff - who Man U rely on for worldwide success.
PM asks Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants'
Sir Keir Starmer says comments by the businessman and Manchester United co-owner are
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 9:26 AM
We have a billionaire here, tax avoiding while blaming the poorest for the UK's economic crisis.
Ratcliffe follows a pattern of using false figures to whip up panic and misdirect blame. These comments are an insult to the many migrants - players and staff - who Man U rely on for worldwide success.
Ratcliffe follows a pattern of using false figures to whip up panic and misdirect blame. These comments are an insult to the many migrants - players and staff - who Man U rely on for worldwide success.
‘It certainly could remind anyone of home, no matter where that is’ 🥧
A new wave of Chinese, Hong Kong and Malaysian bakeries have cropped up in London and across the UK, following recent trends in immigration as well as increasing numbers of international students.
✍️ @chaujeanlin.bsky.social
A new wave of Chinese, Hong Kong and Malaysian bakeries have cropped up in London and across the UK, following recent trends in immigration as well as increasing numbers of international students.
✍️ @chaujeanlin.bsky.social
A taste of home: Britain’s new wave of Chinese bakeries
Dating back to the late 19th century, Chinese bakeries in the UK historically catered to the diaspora from Hong Kong. But over the past two decades, an influx of second-generation immigrants and Chine...
ow.ly
February 11, 2026 at 10:39 AM
‘It certainly could remind anyone of home, no matter where that is’ 🥧
A new wave of Chinese, Hong Kong and Malaysian bakeries have cropped up in London and across the UK, following recent trends in immigration as well as increasing numbers of international students.
✍️ @chaujeanlin.bsky.social
A new wave of Chinese, Hong Kong and Malaysian bakeries have cropped up in London and across the UK, following recent trends in immigration as well as increasing numbers of international students.
✍️ @chaujeanlin.bsky.social
Reposted by Runnymede Trust
New @runnymedetrust.bsky.social & @neweconomics.bsky.social report links structural exclusion, debt & colonialism, finding racialised households face “systemic gatekeeping, algorithmic bias & discriminatory treatment” when seeking credit, often pushing people to high-cost lenders.
#DriversOfDebt
#DriversOfDebt
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
New @runnymedetrust.bsky.social & @neweconomics.bsky.social report links structural exclusion, debt & colonialism, finding racialised households face “systemic gatekeeping, algorithmic bias & discriminatory treatment” when seeking credit, often pushing people to high-cost lenders.
#DriversOfDebt
#DriversOfDebt
“You can’t deliver good, inclusive antiracist education through subject areas if teachers don’t feel confident in talking about these issues”
Our CEO Dr @shabna.bsky.social discusses curriculum, reparatory justice and the wider political climate on the Repair-Ed podcast 🔗 https://ow.ly/APEg50Y9SMQ
Our CEO Dr @shabna.bsky.social discusses curriculum, reparatory justice and the wider political climate on the Repair-Ed podcast 🔗 https://ow.ly/APEg50Y9SMQ
February 9, 2026 at 8:01 AM
“You can’t deliver good, inclusive antiracist education through subject areas if teachers don’t feel confident in talking about these issues”
Our CEO Dr @shabna.bsky.social discusses curriculum, reparatory justice and the wider political climate on the Repair-Ed podcast 🔗 https://ow.ly/APEg50Y9SMQ
Our CEO Dr @shabna.bsky.social discusses curriculum, reparatory justice and the wider political climate on the Repair-Ed podcast 🔗 https://ow.ly/APEg50Y9SMQ
The Cranston Inquiry concludes there were systemic failures to rescue people seeking asylum.
Deaths in the Channel are a direct result of the UK’s hostile environment, which dehumanises people fleeing war and persecution, and forces them to risk their lives in small boat crossings.
Deaths in the Channel are a direct result of the UK’s hostile environment, which dehumanises people fleeing war and persecution, and forces them to risk their lives in small boat crossings.
Thirty deaths in small boat crossing avoidable, inquiry finds
Inquiry chair Sir Ross Cranston said
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
The Cranston Inquiry concludes there were systemic failures to rescue people seeking asylum.
Deaths in the Channel are a direct result of the UK’s hostile environment, which dehumanises people fleeing war and persecution, and forces them to risk their lives in small boat crossings.
Deaths in the Channel are a direct result of the UK’s hostile environment, which dehumanises people fleeing war and persecution, and forces them to risk their lives in small boat crossings.
Reposted by Runnymede Trust
Our new film, Roots isn’t just about the barriers young people face.
It’s about what's possible when young people are heard.
About support showing up.
About believing there is space for change.
Watch the full film and learn how you can support them 👇
🔗 https://ow.ly/vW7a50Y8Hiy
#ChangeNeedsAllOfUs
It’s about what's possible when young people are heard.
About support showing up.
About believing there is space for change.
Watch the full film and learn how you can support them 👇
🔗 https://ow.ly/vW7a50Y8Hiy
#ChangeNeedsAllOfUs
February 4, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Our new film, Roots isn’t just about the barriers young people face.
It’s about what's possible when young people are heard.
About support showing up.
About believing there is space for change.
Watch the full film and learn how you can support them 👇
🔗 https://ow.ly/vW7a50Y8Hiy
#ChangeNeedsAllOfUs
It’s about what's possible when young people are heard.
About support showing up.
About believing there is space for change.
Watch the full film and learn how you can support them 👇
🔗 https://ow.ly/vW7a50Y8Hiy
#ChangeNeedsAllOfUs
"Racialised debt and poverty in Britain are not the result of individual failures, but the predictable outcomes of historic and ongoing systems that are built on social & economic inequalities"
Read the new #DriversofDebt report from Power To Prosper & @neweconomics.bsky.social 🔗 ow.ly/xP6650Y8gZw
Read the new #DriversofDebt report from Power To Prosper & @neweconomics.bsky.social 🔗 ow.ly/xP6650Y8gZw
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
"Racialised debt and poverty in Britain are not the result of individual failures, but the predictable outcomes of historic and ongoing systems that are built on social & economic inequalities"
Read the new #DriversofDebt report from Power To Prosper & @neweconomics.bsky.social 🔗 ow.ly/xP6650Y8gZw
Read the new #DriversofDebt report from Power To Prosper & @neweconomics.bsky.social 🔗 ow.ly/xP6650Y8gZw
Reposted by Runnymede Trust
The idea of ‘earned settlement’ is racist and classist. 📣 So, why are we calling on allies to complete the Government’s ‘Earned Settlement’ consultation?
Find out more: migrantsrights.org.uk/2026/01/29/e...
#HostileEnvironment #Migration
Find out more: migrantsrights.org.uk/2026/01/29/e...
#HostileEnvironment #Migration
Call to Allies: Complete the ‘Earned Settlement’ Consultation - Migrants' Rights Network
New 'earned settlement' proposals left members of our Network feeling incredibly distressed. We're calling on allies to respond.
migrantsrights.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:31 AM
The idea of ‘earned settlement’ is racist and classist. 📣 So, why are we calling on allies to complete the Government’s ‘Earned Settlement’ consultation?
Find out more: migrantsrights.org.uk/2026/01/29/e...
#HostileEnvironment #Migration
Find out more: migrantsrights.org.uk/2026/01/29/e...
#HostileEnvironment #Migration
A formal apology for slavery is important, but risks being merely symbolic.
What's needed is real reparatory justice - redesigning our political and economic systems for the benefit of all.
Our report on #Reparations calls for redistribution, repair and the creation of a renewed alternative.
What's needed is real reparatory justice - redesigning our political and economic systems for the benefit of all.
Our report on #Reparations calls for redistribution, repair and the creation of a renewed alternative.
January 30, 2026 at 9:54 AM
A formal apology for slavery is important, but risks being merely symbolic.
What's needed is real reparatory justice - redesigning our political and economic systems for the benefit of all.
Our report on #Reparations calls for redistribution, repair and the creation of a renewed alternative.
What's needed is real reparatory justice - redesigning our political and economic systems for the benefit of all.
Our report on #Reparations calls for redistribution, repair and the creation of a renewed alternative.
In 2023-24, the average property income for landlords rose to £19,400, the highest average in 5 years. Meanwhile in 2023, 18.4% of Black British people lived in non-decent homes
Shameful from our govt, protecting landlords instead of fixing our broken housing system. Profits over people once again
Shameful from our govt, protecting landlords instead of fixing our broken housing system. Profits over people once again
‘Absurd’: decent homes standard for England’s private renters will not be enforced until 2035
Campaigners say government is letting landlords ‘drag their feet’ and ‘denying renters the most basic standards’
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:55 PM
In 2023-24, the average property income for landlords rose to £19,400, the highest average in 5 years. Meanwhile in 2023, 18.4% of Black British people lived in non-decent homes
Shameful from our govt, protecting landlords instead of fixing our broken housing system. Profits over people once again
Shameful from our govt, protecting landlords instead of fixing our broken housing system. Profits over people once again
Reposted by Runnymede Trust
Poverty is deepening.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Poverty is deepening.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.
People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.
This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
We need your help.
The Government is proposing sweeping reforms to settlement for migrants and refugees, including for those already in the country.
Add your voice to the public consultation before 12 February, using @praxisprojects.bsky.social's response link 🔗 www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
The Government is proposing sweeping reforms to settlement for migrants and refugees, including for those already in the country.
Add your voice to the public consultation before 12 February, using @praxisprojects.bsky.social's response link 🔗 www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
January 23, 2026 at 1:43 PM
We need your help.
The Government is proposing sweeping reforms to settlement for migrants and refugees, including for those already in the country.
Add your voice to the public consultation before 12 February, using @praxisprojects.bsky.social's response link 🔗 www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
The Government is proposing sweeping reforms to settlement for migrants and refugees, including for those already in the country.
Add your voice to the public consultation before 12 February, using @praxisprojects.bsky.social's response link 🔗 www.praxis.org.uk/consultation
Reposted by Runnymede Trust
People need to be housed in our communities, not in military barracks.
We can't go back to repeating the same mistakes that cost lives and retraumatised people seeking safety.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We can't go back to repeating the same mistakes that cost lives and retraumatised people seeking safety.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First asylum seekers moved into Crowborough former military site
The Home Office says 27 people seeking asylum have been housed in the training camp in East Sussex.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 2:55 PM
People need to be housed in our communities, not in military barracks.
We can't go back to repeating the same mistakes that cost lives and retraumatised people seeking safety.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We can't go back to repeating the same mistakes that cost lives and retraumatised people seeking safety.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Runnymede Trust
Human trafficking is a serious human rights violation, and it can affect anyone, anywhere.
Check out our blog on @runnymedetrust.bsky.social to read more about its root causes and what we should be doing to end it for good: www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/from-ma...
Check out our blog on @runnymedetrust.bsky.social to read more about its root causes and what we should be doing to end it for good: www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/from-ma...
From marginalisation to exploitation
Every January organisations committed to fighting modern slavery and human trafficking commemorate Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Yasmina Nuny Silva of Anti-Slavery International discusses the fig...
www.runnymedetrust.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Human trafficking is a serious human rights violation, and it can affect anyone, anywhere.
Check out our blog on @runnymedetrust.bsky.social to read more about its root causes and what we should be doing to end it for good: www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/from-ma...
Check out our blog on @runnymedetrust.bsky.social to read more about its root causes and what we should be doing to end it for good: www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/from-ma...
Reposted by Runnymede Trust
🚨EXCLUSIVE 🚨Our new briefing shows that policy and prosecutorial responses to the summer 2024 riots delink the violence from racism - paving the way for anti-immigration and Islamophobic protests and far-right vigilantism to form an infinite loop.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Response to 2024 summer riots failed to address root causes and links to racism, report says
Institute of Race Relations says violence in Southport and elsewhere often reduced to ‘mindless’ thuggery
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:45 AM
🚨EXCLUSIVE 🚨Our new briefing shows that policy and prosecutorial responses to the summer 2024 riots delink the violence from racism - paving the way for anti-immigration and Islamophobic protests and far-right vigilantism to form an infinite loop.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Reposted by Runnymede Trust
#OtD 18 Jan 1981 13 Black teenagers were killed in a fire in New Cross, London, and a survivor died by suicide 2 years later. Police first suspected the cause to be a racist attack, as did the local community, but the media began to blame the victims stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7802...
January 18, 2026 at 3:25 PM
#OtD 18 Jan 1981 13 Black teenagers were killed in a fire in New Cross, London, and a survivor died by suicide 2 years later. Police first suspected the cause to be a racist attack, as did the local community, but the media began to blame the victims stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7802...
Mandatory Digital ID proposals would extend the hostile environment and expand existing discriminatory systems, leaving people of colour (and many others) vulnerable to harm and exclusion - just as we saw with the Windrush scandal
We've long campaigned against them, this is a welcome move from govt
We've long campaigned against them, this is a welcome move from govt
Government drops plans for mandatory digital ID to work in UK
There will still be digital checks on those starting a new job, but people will not need to hold a digital ID.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Mandatory Digital ID proposals would extend the hostile environment and expand existing discriminatory systems, leaving people of colour (and many others) vulnerable to harm and exclusion - just as we saw with the Windrush scandal
We've long campaigned against them, this is a welcome move from govt
We've long campaigned against them, this is a welcome move from govt
Reposted by Runnymede Trust
If we allow the state to strip people of their citizenship, we will end up in a very dark place.
January 12, 2026 at 11:16 AM
If we allow the state to strip people of their citizenship, we will end up in a very dark place.
Citizenship is a right, not a privilege.
A two-tiered approach to citizenship sets a dangerous precedent that encourages a principle of double punishment, with deeply racialised outcomes.
Read our joint report for more 🔗 ow.ly/1jei50XVsWu
A two-tiered approach to citizenship sets a dangerous precedent that encourages a principle of double punishment, with deeply racialised outcomes.
Read our joint report for more 🔗 ow.ly/1jei50XVsWu
January 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Citizenship is a right, not a privilege.
A two-tiered approach to citizenship sets a dangerous precedent that encourages a principle of double punishment, with deeply racialised outcomes.
Read our joint report for more 🔗 ow.ly/1jei50XVsWu
A two-tiered approach to citizenship sets a dangerous precedent that encourages a principle of double punishment, with deeply racialised outcomes.
Read our joint report for more 🔗 ow.ly/1jei50XVsWu
Your citizenship could be at risk.
Our research with Reprieve shows that 9 million people could have their citizenship stripped at the discretion of the UK Home Office, including 3 out of 5 people of colour.
Visit the link in our bio for more 🔗
Our research with Reprieve shows that 9 million people could have their citizenship stripped at the discretion of the UK Home Office, including 3 out of 5 people of colour.
Visit the link in our bio for more 🔗
December 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Your citizenship could be at risk.
Our research with Reprieve shows that 9 million people could have their citizenship stripped at the discretion of the UK Home Office, including 3 out of 5 people of colour.
Visit the link in our bio for more 🔗
Our research with Reprieve shows that 9 million people could have their citizenship stripped at the discretion of the UK Home Office, including 3 out of 5 people of colour.
Visit the link in our bio for more 🔗
Recent leaks to the media suggest that the government will strip back vital elements of a new Islamophobia definition.
To do so would fail to recognise that the discrimination and violence directed at Muslims is a form of racism.
Read our full statement 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/news/respons...
To do so would fail to recognise that the discrimination and violence directed at Muslims is a form of racism.
Read our full statement 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/news/respons...
Response to the government's definition of Islamophobia
Recent leaks to the media worryingly suggest that the government will water down advice from the Islamophobia Working Group, and strip back vital elements of a new definition to protect Muslim communi...
www.runnymedetrust.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Recent leaks to the media suggest that the government will strip back vital elements of a new Islamophobia definition.
To do so would fail to recognise that the discrimination and violence directed at Muslims is a form of racism.
Read our full statement 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/news/respons...
To do so would fail to recognise that the discrimination and violence directed at Muslims is a form of racism.
Read our full statement 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/news/respons...
Citizenship is a right, not a privilege. Our new briefing with @reprievehq.bsky.social reveals a shocking racial disparity in citizenship stripping practices.
3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇
3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇
Stripped: The Citizenship Divide
New research exposes racist reality of UK citizenship stripping laws that place 3 in 5 people of colour at risk.
www.runnymedetrust.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Citizenship is a right, not a privilege. Our new briefing with @reprievehq.bsky.social reveals a shocking racial disparity in citizenship stripping practices.
3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇
3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇
Reposted by Runnymede Trust
UPDATE 🚨
The govt have launched their long-awaited consultation on police use of facial recognition.
But they want to expand it to every town centre.
Why are they making this decision before the public has even had the chance to tell them what they think?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
The govt have launched their long-awaited consultation on police use of facial recognition.
But they want to expand it to every town centre.
Why are they making this decision before the public has even had the chance to tell them what they think?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Facial recognition to be expanded in fresh crime crackdown
Critics called on the government to limit roll-out of facial recognition, but others have urged ministers to accelerate the expansion to ‘boost safety’
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
UPDATE 🚨
The govt have launched their long-awaited consultation on police use of facial recognition.
But they want to expand it to every town centre.
Why are they making this decision before the public has even had the chance to tell them what they think?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
The govt have launched their long-awaited consultation on police use of facial recognition.
But they want to expand it to every town centre.
Why are they making this decision before the public has even had the chance to tell them what they think?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Reposted by Runnymede Trust
Celebrating one more year of Prosper to Prosper!
The research and organising team have been joined by community allies from all around the country. Power to Prosper is building a movement to tackle the racialised impacts of poverty and debt. @runnymedetrust.bsky.social
The research and organising team have been joined by community allies from all around the country. Power to Prosper is building a movement to tackle the racialised impacts of poverty and debt. @runnymedetrust.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Celebrating one more year of Prosper to Prosper!
The research and organising team have been joined by community allies from all around the country. Power to Prosper is building a movement to tackle the racialised impacts of poverty and debt. @runnymedetrust.bsky.social
The research and organising team have been joined by community allies from all around the country. Power to Prosper is building a movement to tackle the racialised impacts of poverty and debt. @runnymedetrust.bsky.social