‘Unconscious bias training’ must end, concludes landmark racism report

Unconscious bias training should be scrapped for employees and replaced with more effective practices, urges a landmark review into racial inequality.  The Race Commission today recommends organisations and firms pull the plug on such sessions because they do not tackle disparities in the workplace. It said the ‘intense soul-searching’ of some employers in the wake … Read more

Landmark report urges UK to ‘look beyond race’ amid row

At a glance: What does the landmark review recommend? Social media: Firms ‘far too often’ fail to take ‘decisive action’ to tackle racist content. Failure to act should lead to ‘substantial penalties’ and ‘public naming and shaming’. Body cameras: There should be a ‘strong presumption’ that all police body-worn video cameras will be switched on … Read more

Britain’s race revolution: Landmark report says UK is ‘a model to the world’ on diversity

Britain is a model to the world of a successful multi-ethnic society, a major review concluded last night. It found no evidence the UK is institutionally racist – in a rejection of the common view among activists. The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, set up by Boris Johnson in the wake of the Black … Read more

Liverpool and Manchester City to launch landmark study into how heading affects footballers’ brains

Premier League giants Liverpool and Manchester City will step up dementia fight by trialling gumshield in landmark study next month to assess how brains are affected by heading Liverpool and Manchester City will spearhead a new study into heading  It will assess how footballers’ brains are affected amid the dementia crisis  A gumshield will be … Read more

Billionaire brothers who are buying Asda get major boost in bid to build £5million ‘landmark’ mosque

Billionaire brothers who are buying Asda for £6.8bn get major boost in bid to build £5million ‘landmark’ mosque in Blackburn as plans are approved Project put forward by billionaire siblings Zubar and Mohsin in Blackburn, Lancs  It had faced objections over the height of the building as well as potential noise  The siblings recently completed £6.8billion … Read more

Billionaire brothers who are buying Asda get major boost in bid to build £5million ‘landmark’ mosque

Billionaire brothers who are buying Asda for £6.8bn get major boost in bid to build £5million ‘landmark’ mosque in Blackburn as plans are approved Project put forward by billionaire siblings Zubar and Mohsin in Blackburn, Lancs  It had faced objections over the height of the building as well as potential noise  The siblings recently completed £6.8billion … Read more

Single mother, 49, wins landmark Universal Credit court case

Nichola Salvato, 49, brought a legal challenge against the ‘proof of payment’ policy of only reimbursing the money to parents once it has been spent A single mother who found herself £2,000 in debt trying to pay for childcare has won a landmark Universal Credit court case to get the costs paid upfront.  Nichola Salvato, 49, … Read more

Bailiffs will be able to enter homes to seize goods via ZOOM after landmark High Court ruling

Bailiffs will be allowed to enter debtors’ homes through Zoom in a landmark ruling sparked by the pandemic. The High Court approved debt collection agencies seizing a person’s goods virtually rather than physically. The judgment will benefit collectors who will be at a reduced risk of catching Covid and debtors who can keep their assets … Read more

Woke folk, beware! Freedom of speech includes the right to offend, say judges in landmark ruling 

Woke folk, beware! Freedom of speech includes the right to offend, say judges in landmark ruling Two judges have ruled that free speech encompasses offensive language  Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Warby presiding over case in Court of Appeal Ruling came in successful appeal decided last week in favour of Kate Scottow She had … Read more