Families from Pakistani backgrounds found to be affected disproportionately by high level of infant mortality A taskforce is being set up to tackle baby deaths in Birmingham, after a report… »
Local authorities reveal devastating toll of coronavirus on households who have struggled to keep a roof over their heads A rise in the use of food banks and an increase… »
Exclusive: TUC, Amnesty and others say decisions have worsened impact on women and watchdog should act Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK’s equality watchdog is… »
French economist admired by Xi Jinping says he will not cut sections on inequality in China The latest book by the French economist Thomas Piketty appears unlikely to be sold… »
Exclusive: schools minister rejects proposal by cross-party MPs for more black input into history syllabus Calls for a review to add more black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) history to… »
Exclusive: Survey reveals lack of childare played role in almost half of female layoffs ‘Sexist policies’: mothers struggle to return to work Economic fallout from pandemic will hit women hardest… »
Exclusive: Group of 83 wealthy individuals demands ‘immediate, substantial and permanent’ higher taxes ‘on people like us’ A group of 83 of the world’s richest people have called on governments… »
Loved by their 41 grandchildren, the men died within 17 days of each other. Their loss highlights the virus’s brutal toll on minorities In photographs together and with their families,… »
Exclusive: ministers urged to recognise racial inequality and race are risk factors for disease Analysis Case study: ‘What’s happening is not normal’ The government has been urged to recognise that… »
Landmark England review says policy causing unprecedented damage to health and life chances How deprivation in the north has led to a health crisis Life expectancy has stalled for the… »
House of Lords changes rules after warning BAME workers excluded from facilities for mostly-white peers Parliament has been accused of operating a form of apartheid after a report found that… »
Social policy experts call for educational, tax and pay reforms to beat economic slide Downward mobility – the phenomenon of children doing less well than their parents – will become… »
Scheme introduced in 2012 has wiped fewer than 200 historical offences from criminal records A Home Office scheme designed to wipe historical convictions for consensual gay sex from people’s records… »
First official statistics for Great Britain also reveal London has largest ethnic pay gap Workers of Pakistani or Bangladeshi heritage have the lowest median hourly pay of any ethnic group,… »
Number in poverty rises to 8m, with 60% living in households where someone works Britain has seen a big jump in the working poor since the 1990s, with almost three… »
‘I can’t recall such despair,’ says top pollster, and 72% of population fear divisions will get worse Britain is a more polarised and pessimistic nation than it has been for… »
Exclusive: Charlotte Valeur says she will call for new laws if FTSE 350 firms don’t improve diversity The new chair of one of the UK’s most influential business groups has… »
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Poorest areas bearing brunt of council spending cuts, according to thinktank analysis Austerity cuts have fallen hardest on deprived communities in the north of England, which are enduring the highest… »
Bangladeshi firm that made charity Spice Girls T-shirts also works with major UK retailers Revealed: Spice Girls T-shirts made in factory paying staff 35p an hour Tesco, Marks & Spencer… »
Charity calls for 1% wealth tax, saying it would raise enough to educate every child not in school The growing concentration of the world’s wealth has been highlighted by a… »
Workers producing tops sold to raise money for Comic Relief receive far below a living wage ‘Inhuman conditions’: life in factory making Spice Girls T-shirts Spice Girls T-shirts sold to… »
The Guardian’s Bias in Britain poll supplies concrete evidence for what ethnic minorities have known all along What does racial prejudice mean in Britain today? Is it, as one woman… »
Study by IPPR finds combination of tax cuts and benefits freeze has widened inequality Millions of women in low-paid, part-time work will be among the main losers from tax and… »
Foreign secretary hints he believes same Russian cell behind Salisbury poisoning and Czech explosion The British foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, said the UK stood in “full support” of the Czech… »
No 10 did not say whether Whitty and Vallance backed the move; No 10 won’t commit to Covid inquiry ending before next general election Boris Johnson: inquiry into Covid handling… »
