Runnymede Trust
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For racial justice.
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We urge the government to adhere to its own civil society covenant principles, grounded in evidence and respect for human rights, and withdraw the guidance as a matter of urgency.
Read the full open letter and show your support here 👇
Read the full open letter and show your support here 👇
Open letter calling on the Home Secretary and Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council to withdraw police guidance on naming suspects’ ethnicity and nationality
We are writing as a coalition of racial justice, migrants’ rights, and civil society organisations, who have watched with increasing concern the damage being caused by the interim guidance issued by t...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We urge the government to adhere to its own civil society covenant principles, grounded in evidence and respect for human rights, and withdraw the guidance as a matter of urgency.
Read the full open letter and show your support here 👇
Read the full open letter and show your support here 👇
While this guidance may have intended to diffuse tension, in practice it achieves the opposite - stigmatising communities of colour and placing them at increased risk of racism and harm.
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
While this guidance may have intended to diffuse tension, in practice it achieves the opposite - stigmatising communities of colour and placing them at increased risk of racism and harm.
We've written to the Home Secretary and Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council raising our concerns that guidance encouraging police forces to disclose the ethnicity and nationality of suspects charged in high-profile cases is having a devastating impact on our country.
Police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity is fuelling prejudice, say campaigners
Fifty groups write letter calling for policy in high-profile cases in England and Wales to be scrapped
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We've written to the Home Secretary and Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council raising our concerns that guidance encouraging police forces to disclose the ethnicity and nationality of suspects charged in high-profile cases is having a devastating impact on our country.
In our #BrokenLadders report with @fawcettsociety.bsky.social, we advocate for measures that the government and employers must implement to tackle ethnicity and gender pay gaps - from introducing mandatory, intersectional pay gap reporting to tackling racism in organisations 👇
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Broken Ladders
The myth of meritocracy for women of colour in the workplace
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November 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
In our #BrokenLadders report with @fawcettsociety.bsky.social, we advocate for measures that the government and employers must implement to tackle ethnicity and gender pay gaps - from introducing mandatory, intersectional pay gap reporting to tackling racism in organisations 👇
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Today is #EqualPayDay - the day when, due to the gender pay gap in average wages, women effectively stop earning compared to men.
However, our analysis shows that for many women of colour, this date falls considerably earlier in the year.
However, our analysis shows that for many women of colour, this date falls considerably earlier in the year.
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Today is #EqualPayDay - the day when, due to the gender pay gap in average wages, women effectively stop earning compared to men.
However, our analysis shows that for many women of colour, this date falls considerably earlier in the year.
However, our analysis shows that for many women of colour, this date falls considerably earlier in the year.
The government's latest asylum plans mark another alarming escalation of the hostile environment. Policies that seek to criminalise, dehumanise and malign people seeking asylum will not fix the real issues facing this country.
Read our full response: https://ow.ly/jrwT50Xtmeo
Read our full response: https://ow.ly/jrwT50Xtmeo
Response to the government's asylum policy 'overhaul'
The government's latest asylum plans mark another alarming escalation of the hostile environment. Policies that seek to criminalise, dehumanise and malign people seeking asylum will not fix the real issues facing this country.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The government's latest asylum plans mark another alarming escalation of the hostile environment. Policies that seek to criminalise, dehumanise and malign people seeking asylum will not fix the real issues facing this country.
Read our full response: https://ow.ly/jrwT50Xtmeo
Read our full response: https://ow.ly/jrwT50Xtmeo
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Another day another migration story. Terrifying in here tho is the reform of the ECHR she will attempt. This will be Labour's biggest and most dangerous mistake, I GUARANTEE. It will set up the infrastructure for a Reform govt. to dismantle all our protections. news.sky.com/story/home-s...
Home secretary to tackle UK's 'excessive generosity' with sweeping immigration reforms
In a statement to MPs on Monday, Shabana Mahmood is expected to tighten up the rules to allow for more deportations, and reduce the "pull factors" that attract migrants to the UK.
news.sky.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Another day another migration story. Terrifying in here tho is the reform of the ECHR she will attempt. This will be Labour's biggest and most dangerous mistake, I GUARANTEE. It will set up the infrastructure for a Reform govt. to dismantle all our protections. news.sky.com/story/home-s...
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👤 Speaker spotlight: Dr Shabna Begum
CEO @runnymedetrust.bsky.social | Author | Researcher on race, migration + activism
Join us on 25 Nov as she reflects on the 1965 Race Relations Act and its lessons for today.
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#ClaireDwyerLecture #UCLGeography #RacialJustice
CEO @runnymedetrust.bsky.social | Author | Researcher on race, migration + activism
Join us on 25 Nov as she reflects on the 1965 Race Relations Act and its lessons for today.
🎟 Free → tinyurl.com/ucl-begum
#ClaireDwyerLecture #UCLGeography #RacialJustice
The 2025 Claire Dwyer Lecture: Dr Shabna Begum
Reflections on the 60th Anniversary of the 1965 Race Relations Act
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November 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
👤 Speaker spotlight: Dr Shabna Begum
CEO @runnymedetrust.bsky.social | Author | Researcher on race, migration + activism
Join us on 25 Nov as she reflects on the 1965 Race Relations Act and its lessons for today.
🎟 Free → tinyurl.com/ucl-begum
#ClaireDwyerLecture #UCLGeography #RacialJustice
CEO @runnymedetrust.bsky.social | Author | Researcher on race, migration + activism
Join us on 25 Nov as she reflects on the 1965 Race Relations Act and its lessons for today.
🎟 Free → tinyurl.com/ucl-begum
#ClaireDwyerLecture #UCLGeography #RacialJustice
These latest findings demand a different conversation, one that asks how we can really keep our communities safe and prevent harm.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
These latest findings demand a different conversation, one that asks how we can really keep our communities safe and prevent harm.
No training initiatives, no amount of diversity, and no accountability mechanisms will ever be sufficient. An institution so fundamentally flawed cannot be reformed.
We need to take the safety of our communities seriously and treat people's needs with care and dignity.
We need to take the safety of our communities seriously and treat people's needs with care and dignity.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
No training initiatives, no amount of diversity, and no accountability mechanisms will ever be sufficient. An institution so fundamentally flawed cannot be reformed.
We need to take the safety of our communities seriously and treat people's needs with care and dignity.
We need to take the safety of our communities seriously and treat people's needs with care and dignity.
For decades, reports and inquiries - from MacPherson to Casey - have identified institutional racism, only to be met with inadequate proposals that fail to address the scale, scope, and entrenched nature of racism within the force.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For decades, reports and inquiries - from MacPherson to Casey - have identified institutional racism, only to be met with inadequate proposals that fail to address the scale, scope, and entrenched nature of racism within the force.
Racism is baked into the Met’s systems, culture, and decision-making processes, producing persistent harm for Black Londoners and staff.
Only weeks ago, BBC Panorama exposed violent racism within the Met Police.
Only weeks ago, BBC Panorama exposed violent racism within the Met Police.
Secret BBC filming exposes hidden culture of racism and misogyny inside Met Police
Panorama undercover investigation captures evidence that "toxic behaviours", far from being driven out of the Met, have been driven underground.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Racism is baked into the Met’s systems, culture, and decision-making processes, producing persistent harm for Black Londoners and staff.
Only weeks ago, BBC Panorama exposed violent racism within the Met Police.
Only weeks ago, BBC Panorama exposed violent racism within the Met Police.
We are unsurprised by the latest review which concludes what we have known for decades: the Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist.
As Dr Shereen Daniels' independent review states, this is not simply a matter of ‘bad apples’.
As Dr Shereen Daniels' independent review states, this is not simply a matter of ‘bad apples’.
Anti-black discrimination systemic in Met Police, report finds
Report author Dr Shereen Daniels said systemic racism was "not a matter of perception".
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We are unsurprised by the latest review which concludes what we have known for decades: the Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist.
As Dr Shereen Daniels' independent review states, this is not simply a matter of ‘bad apples’.
As Dr Shereen Daniels' independent review states, this is not simply a matter of ‘bad apples’.
This November marks the 60th anniversary of the passing of the Race Relations Act, but was the law as progressive as the British state tends to remember, and what are the parallels to today?
Read the latest article by Hannah Francis on our blog ✍️ ow.ly/NiOz50XnCyM
Read the latest article by Hannah Francis on our blog ✍️ ow.ly/NiOz50XnCyM
Sixty years on from the Race Relations Act
In the winter of 1965, Harold Wilson’s Labour government passed the landmark Race Relations Act, the first piece of legislation in the UK that aimed to outlaw racial discrimination in public places. A...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This November marks the 60th anniversary of the passing of the Race Relations Act, but was the law as progressive as the British state tends to remember, and what are the parallels to today?
Read the latest article by Hannah Francis on our blog ✍️ ow.ly/NiOz50XnCyM
Read the latest article by Hannah Francis on our blog ✍️ ow.ly/NiOz50XnCyM
Want to join our research team?
We're looking for an experienced professional to conduct new quantitative and qualitative research on race and inequalities in the UK.
Closing date Sunday 23 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT.
www.runnymedetrust.org/careers/rese...
We're looking for an experienced professional to conduct new quantitative and qualitative research on race and inequalities in the UK.
Closing date Sunday 23 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT.
www.runnymedetrust.org/careers/rese...
Researcher
Runnymede is the UK's leading independent race equality think tank.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Want to join our research team?
We're looking for an experienced professional to conduct new quantitative and qualitative research on race and inequalities in the UK.
Closing date Sunday 23 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT.
www.runnymedetrust.org/careers/rese...
We're looking for an experienced professional to conduct new quantitative and qualitative research on race and inequalities in the UK.
Closing date Sunday 23 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT.
www.runnymedetrust.org/careers/rese...
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This is something @aaronwinter.bsky.social and I explored in our report for the @runnymedetrust.bsky.social in the lead up to the 2024 election
Once more, the key question is not whether immigration is a popular concern, but why it has been made so
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Once more, the key question is not whether immigration is a popular concern, but why it has been made so
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
October 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This is something @aaronwinter.bsky.social and I explored in our report for the @runnymedetrust.bsky.social in the lead up to the 2024 election
Once more, the key question is not whether immigration is a popular concern, but why it has been made so
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
Once more, the key question is not whether immigration is a popular concern, but why it has been made so
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
New @yougov.co.uk polling confirms what we and others have been saying for years.
It's time politicians and media stopped behaving as though immigration is the only issue that people care about - an agenda that fuels fear, hate and racism - and focus instead on what people actually want and need.
It's time politicians and media stopped behaving as though immigration is the only issue that people care about - an agenda that fuels fear, hate and racism - and focus instead on what people actually want and need.
'Manufactured panic': Immigration not near top of most people's concerns, poll suggests
'Manufactured panic': Immigration not near top of most people's concerns, poll suggests
Only a quarter of people think immigration is an important issue locally - and concern about it is "a manufactured panic," it has been claimed.
news.sky.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New @yougov.co.uk polling confirms what we and others have been saying for years.
It's time politicians and media stopped behaving as though immigration is the only issue that people care about - an agenda that fuels fear, hate and racism - and focus instead on what people actually want and need.
It's time politicians and media stopped behaving as though immigration is the only issue that people care about - an agenda that fuels fear, hate and racism - and focus instead on what people actually want and need.
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Everyone should have a safe and secure home, free from racism and discrimination.
But we know that isn't always the case. That's why we’re asking you to share your own stories of racism when trying to access a social home.
You can make a big contribution. Please share here: shltr.org.uk/gfQOW
But we know that isn't always the case. That's why we’re asking you to share your own stories of racism when trying to access a social home.
You can make a big contribution. Please share here: shltr.org.uk/gfQOW
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Everyone should have a safe and secure home, free from racism and discrimination.
But we know that isn't always the case. That's why we’re asking you to share your own stories of racism when trying to access a social home.
You can make a big contribution. Please share here: shltr.org.uk/gfQOW
But we know that isn't always the case. That's why we’re asking you to share your own stories of racism when trying to access a social home.
You can make a big contribution. Please share here: shltr.org.uk/gfQOW
The Renters Rights Act is a critical starting point to addressing deep failures within our current housing system. We will continue to advocate until everyone has access to a safe, secure and affordable home.
October 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The Renters Rights Act is a critical starting point to addressing deep failures within our current housing system. We will continue to advocate until everyone has access to a safe, secure and affordable home.
There is also considerable evidence which outlines how Right to Rent checks - a deliberate feature of the government’s ‘hostile environment’ policies - cause indirect racial discrimination against renters. We remain steadfast that Right to Rent checks should be abolished.
October 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
There is also considerable evidence which outlines how Right to Rent checks - a deliberate feature of the government’s ‘hostile environment’ policies - cause indirect racial discrimination against renters. We remain steadfast that Right to Rent checks should be abolished.
The legislation fails to address skyrocketing, unaffordable rents within the private rented sector. 44% of the average UK wage is now spent on rent. Rent controls and rent caps would give more safety and security to renters and protect them from disproportionate rent spikes.
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The legislation fails to address skyrocketing, unaffordable rents within the private rented sector. 44% of the average UK wage is now spent on rent. Rent controls and rent caps would give more safety and security to renters and protect them from disproportionate rent spikes.
The Renters Rights Act will extend Awaab’s Law and a new Decent Home Standard to the private rented sector, so that all renters are empowered to challenge dangerous living conditions, and private landlords are accountable for unsafe homes.
However, there are gaps in the Renters Rights Act.
However, there are gaps in the Renters Rights Act.
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Renters Rights Act will extend Awaab’s Law and a new Decent Home Standard to the private rented sector, so that all renters are empowered to challenge dangerous living conditions, and private landlords are accountable for unsafe homes.
However, there are gaps in the Renters Rights Act.
However, there are gaps in the Renters Rights Act.
According to the English Housing Survey, Black and Brown households, specifically private renters, are more likely to live in indecent homes riddled with mould and damp.
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
According to the English Housing Survey, Black and Brown households, specifically private renters, are more likely to live in indecent homes riddled with mould and damp.
A recent study from @heriotwattuni.bsky.social found that Black people in England are four times as likely to face homelessness as white people, and substantially less likely to get social housing.
Black people in England four times as likely to face homelessness, study finds
Black people also less likely than white people to get social housing and can face ‘overt racism’ from private landlords
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A recent study from @heriotwattuni.bsky.social found that Black people in England are four times as likely to face homelessness as white people, and substantially less likely to get social housing.