Doctors fear ethnic groups that shun vaccinations may start to see higher Covid infection and death rates than the country at large Lower up take rates among Pakistani, Bangladeshi and black Britons have left experts concerned about large numbers in communities vulnerable to the virus Office of National Statistics is examining the situation with Oxford … Read more
The PM’s most senior black aide has quit amid a huge backlash at a ‘culturally deaf’ race report. Samuel Kasumu, who advised Boris Johnson on ethnic minorities is understood to have handed in his resignation after long-running tensions. The news emerged after the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities published a controversial study on inequality … Read more
Ethnic minority Britons believe royal family IS racist and 43% don’t want the monarchy to continue – but 67% like the Queen, YouGov poll reveals A poll found 43 per cent of ethnic minority Britons believe royal family is racist Of the general UK population 55 per cent believe royals not racist, YouGov found Survey … Read more
Ethnic minority voters believe royal family IS racist and 43% don’t want the monarchy to continue – but 67% like the Queen, YouGov poll reveals A poll found 43 per cent of ethnic minority Britons believe royal family is racist Of the general UK population 55 per cent believe royals not racist, YouGov found Survey … Read more
More than a fifth of the UK’s leading companies still have no ethnic diversity across their boards, according to report By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:14 GMT, 12 March 2021 | Updated: 22:14 GMT, 12 March 2021 More than a fifth of the UK’s leading companies still have no ethnic diversity across … Read more
Jewish groups have blasted the BBC for holding a ‘ridiculous’ debate questioning whether Jews count as an ethnic minority. The Politics Live show aired a segment yesterday, which debated the issue after MP Angela Rayner declared Scottish Labour’s newly-elected leader Anas Sarwar as ‘the first ever ethnic minority leader of a political party anywhere in … Read more
Jama is a driver who, before the pandemic, ferried people but he now delivers parcels. He is a Somali man in his 60s with diabetes, so at a high risk of dying if he catches Covid-19. Yet he has not taken the jab that could save his life. ‘A lot of people think this vaccination … Read more
Ethnic minority Britons may only face a higher risk of dying of Covid because they’re more likely to catch it, not because of genetic differences, according to an official report. A review by Number 10’s Race Disparity Unit compared death rates between white people and ethnic minorities and found the gap had narrowed in the … Read more
Nearly half of all people in some areas with a large population of ethnic minorities are refusing the Covid vaccine when offered it due to fears about what it contains. In Birmingham, 50 per cent of those living in areas with high populations of Asian and African-Caribbean people turned down the vaccine when offered it. In … Read more
Ethnic minorities are more reluctant to take the coronavirus vaccine over anti-vaxxer fears, says study 76% of UK public would take Covid-19 jab if advised to by GP, RSPH poll finds This fell to 57% of people from BAME backgrounds compared to 79% of white Confidence lowest among those of Asian ethnicity, with 55% likely … Read more