It is clear how ethnic disparities within the labour market are linked to other disparities in policy such as housing, and influenced by national crises such as the cost of living crisis. Issues within the labour market leads to wage disparity between minoritised communities and their White counterparts.
The Telling Stories event on 22nd November 2022, was a powerful, social and introspective conversation about the art of storytelling. I know this because I was there. It asked critical questions that were extremely thought-provoking about how the UnMuseum project (as it stands today with this name) will tell stories. But it was also a general conversation for storytellers in all modes and forms, as well as an educational one.
The Renters’ Rights Bill seeks to increase the protections provided to renters; however, BSWN has identified significant gaps for Black and Racially Minoritised tenants and recommends the introduction of race-based provisions that recognise intersectionality and linguistic diversity, and include explicit rental price caps to curb England & Wales’ housing crisis.
This is a summary of the Government’s recently passed Illegal Migration Act 2023 and its impact on migrants arriving in the United Kingdom. This summary will cover the Act’s estimated costs to the United Kingdom’s economy, its impact on incoming migration and asylum seeking, possible human rights implications, and the potential strain it may put on local governments and legal aid providers.
It is clear how ethnic disparities within the labour market are linked to other disparities in policy such as housing, and influenced by national crises such as the cost of living crisis. Issues within the labour market leads to wage disparity between minoritised communities and their White counterparts.
This is a summary of the impact of the government’s autumn budget on Black and Minoritised people. It covers changes to taxes, public spending, health and social care, wages, pensions, and benefits. Throughout the fiscal year of 2021-22, indicators of economic growth have been moving towards constriction. With the announcement of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Budget (2022), the UK has officially entered into a period of recession.
The Grenfell Tower tragedy of 2017 lifted the veil over the abundant problems in the Social Housing sector; where a resident warning about serious fire risk within the building was labelled a “troublemaker” by the housing management, and a year later, found himself having to escape with his life in a fire that caused 72 bereavements.
