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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 1d

Now more than ever, we need an end to this toxic politics of hate, and for anti-racist education and solidarities to heal the divisions which have been sown.

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 1d

While it is important to consider each group in context, these figures today must not be used to encourage polarisation or pit communities against one another.

The rise of the far right, and far right politics, has a clear correlation with this spike in racist violence.

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 1d

All these figures are likely a huge underestimation of hate crime incidents, given how under-reported they are, and known inaccuracies in how police record hate crimes that are reported to them.

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 1d

In Aug 2024, the month of the racist riots, Islamophobic hate crime rose by 123% from the previous month.

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 1d

Hate crimes have decreased by 18% towards Jewish communities, however it is important to note that the absolute rate of victimisation among religious groups has been (and remains) highest for Jewish people, at 106 per 10,000.

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 1d

Within that, hate crimes have increased by 27% against Sikh communities, 19% against Muslim communities, and 10% against Hindu communities.

Hate crimes against Muslim people make up 44% of all religious hate crimes, the largest proportion of all religiously motivated hate crimes.

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 1d

The official police recorded hate crime figures for 2024/25 have been released, with really stark reporting.

Between April 2024 and March 2025, there has been a 6% overall increase in racial hate crime, and a 3% overall increase in religious hate crime, compared to the previous 12 months.

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 1d

For example, in the UK, Black African households hold over 8x less wealth than White British households, while Bangladeshi households hold over 7x less (see 📊)

Racial disparities are also present in unemployment and poverty rates, with people of colour facing some of the worse outcomes.

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 1d

On top of this, our own research shows that the racial wealth gap is particularly stark, in part driven by the fact people of colour are much less likely to accumulate wealth via homeownership and inheritance 🏡

Why the UK racial wealth divide matters: a call for action

A perspectives paper from LSE, which looks at how structural and historic wealth imbalances still impact the wealth of people of colour in the UK today.

www.runnymedetrust.org

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 1d

Stark findings from @resfoundation.bsky.social today reveal wealth inequality in the UK has widened so much that, even if the average earner saved every single paycheck and didn’t spend a penny over 50 years, they *still* wouldn't be in the wealthiest 10% 💸

Lifetime of earnings not enough for UK workers to join wealthiest 10%, report says

Research finds it would take average worker saving all their earnings for 52 years to match wealth of richest 10th of society

www.theguardian.com

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 1d

And there’s still time to sign up for our public workshop on Reparations on Monday 13 October!

Hear from our expert panel as well as joining in the discussion through a Q&A and breakout sessions.

Registration required via Eventbrite 👇

Reparations: a workshop

Join us for an interactive event exploring the growing case for reparations in the UK, building on insights from our new perspectives paper

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 1d

“When we talk about reparative justice ... we are also talking about restructuring the architecture of global power dynamics, which continue to shape contemporary issues.”

✍️ Aamna Mohdin discusses our recent report on Reparations with @kojokoram.bsky.social in @theguardian.com

Wednesday briefing: How to fight the right on reparations – and ‘rewire’ the architecture of inequality

In this weeks newsletter: Many paint reparations as impossible, unprecedented, even absurd – world experts tell a different story

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Western @tomwestern.bsky.social · 4d

This year's Claire Dwyer lecture @uclgeography.bsky.social is with Dr Shabna Begum (@runnymedetrust.bsky.social) – reflecting on the 60th anniversary of the Race Relations Act of 1965

Tuesday 25 Nov, tickets below

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-c...

The 2025 Claire Dwyer Lecture: Dr Shabna Begum

Eventbrite - UCL Department of Geography presents The 2025 Claire Dwyer Lecture: Dr Shabna Begum - Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at Common Ground, London, England. Find event and ticket information.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 4d

"This is a time for politicians to lead with intelligence and moral clarity, not with statements that exploit and politicise the situation"

A full response from us on the Heaton Park Synagogue attack www.runnymedetrust.org/news/respons...

Response to the Heaton Park Synagogue attack

Runnymede Trust response to the antisemitic Heaton Park Synagogue attack

www.runnymedetrust.org

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Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social · 5d

Also delighted to be up for the @travwriters.bsky.social Celebrating Diversity Through Storytelling award for my @runnymedetrust.bsky.social feature on London’s South Asian history.

Congratulations to my fellow finalists, the brilliant @annahrichards.bsky.social and @shebsthewanderer.bsky.social 🎉

A graphic with the shortlist for the Celebrating Diversity Through Storytelling award.

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 7d

We send our deepest condolences and love to Jewish communities across the country in the wake of this morning’s horrifying attack.

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 8d

We are outraged by the findings of this evening’s BBC Panorama investigation into the Metropolitan Police.

There can be no other logical conclusion than that the Met Police is irredeemable.

A statement from us 👇
www.runnymedetrust.org/news/the-met...

Birds-eye image of police officers with the statement "the metropolitan police is irredeemable" over the top

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 8d

It seems Labour have now learnt the word 'racism', but this is utterly disingenuous given how they are pandering to Reform’s far-right agenda.

✍️ our Stephen Walcott, Head of Policy, on @bigissue.com

Labour can't out-Reform Reform – it needs to change tact

The Labour Party can't out-Reform Reform, and if it genuinely wants to choose ‘decency’ over ‘division’, it needs to change tact.

www.bigissue.com

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 9d

It's Black History Month, and there's no better time to talk about reparations.

Our new report shows that reparations are not only necessary, but achievable. When done right, they benefit us all.

Read now on our website 🔗 runnymedetrust.org/publications/reparations

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 10d

“The market education system is failing the most vulnerable children in society”

Half a century on from the injustice of 'educationally subnormal' schools, similarly discriminatory practices continue to blight the lives of Black pupils today, writes Montel Gordon in our blog ✍️

Failing to learn the lessons

In the 1960s and 1970s, Black children were disproportionately sent to so-called ‘educationally subnormal’ schools, in one of the biggest educational scandals in British history. Half a century on fro...

www.runnymedetrust.org

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 10d

“Schools are increasingly incentivised not to treat children as whole people but are instead driven by a results culture that intertwines with racist ideas about ability and need. The racialised exclusion culture is harmful to us all”

Our CEO @shabna.bsky.social in the @mirror.co.uk ✍️

Kids in need kicked out of school and labelled 'trouble-makers', report warns

Children with special educational needs are being suspended and excluded from school and labelled 'trouble-makers' instead of getting the support they need, a report has warned

www.mirror.co.uk

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 15d

Far from being a last resort, exclusions are used prematurely to bolster schools’ results. There is a failure of schools to recognise and respond to unmet needs, structural disadvantage, and the ongoing pervasiveness and impact of racism.

Read the full report 👇

History on loop: the sustained impact of school exclusions on Black communities

School exclusions are a form of structural racism, and indicate deep failings within educational settings.

www.runnymedetrust.org

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 15d

We show how exclusions are deeply racialised and reinforce patterns of poverty, criminalisation and disempowerment.

Exclusions are not inevitable; they are the outcome of choices made within schools and broader policy frameworks.

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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 15d

School exclusions are a form of structural racism, and indicate deep failings within educational settings, our latest report with Communities Empowerment Network details 🧵

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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 17d

📢 The 2025 Claire Dwyer Lecture

Join @runnymedetrust.bsky.social CEO Dr Shabna Begum as she marks 60 years since the 1965 Race Relations Act – and its lessons for racial justice today.

📍 London | 25 Nov
🎟 Free & open to all → tinyurl.com/ucl-begum

#ClaireDwyerLecture #RacialJustice #UCLGeography

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