Runnymede Trust
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For racial justice.
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Your citizenship could be at risk.
Our research with Reprieve shows that 9 million people could have their citizenship stripped at the discretion of the UK Home Office, including 3 out of 5 people of colour.
Visit the link in our bio for more 🔗
Our research with Reprieve shows that 9 million people could have their citizenship stripped at the discretion of the UK Home Office, including 3 out of 5 people of colour.
Visit the link in our bio for more 🔗
December 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Your citizenship could be at risk.
Our research with Reprieve shows that 9 million people could have their citizenship stripped at the discretion of the UK Home Office, including 3 out of 5 people of colour.
Visit the link in our bio for more 🔗
Our research with Reprieve shows that 9 million people could have their citizenship stripped at the discretion of the UK Home Office, including 3 out of 5 people of colour.
Visit the link in our bio for more 🔗
Recent leaks to the media suggest that the government will strip back vital elements of a new Islamophobia definition.
To do so would fail to recognise that the discrimination and violence directed at Muslims is a form of racism.
Read our full statement 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/news/respons...
To do so would fail to recognise that the discrimination and violence directed at Muslims is a form of racism.
Read our full statement 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/news/respons...
Response to the government's definition of Islamophobia
Recent leaks to the media worryingly suggest that the government will water down advice from the Islamophobia Working Group, and strip back vital elements of a new definition to protect Muslim communi...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Recent leaks to the media suggest that the government will strip back vital elements of a new Islamophobia definition.
To do so would fail to recognise that the discrimination and violence directed at Muslims is a form of racism.
Read our full statement 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/news/respons...
To do so would fail to recognise that the discrimination and violence directed at Muslims is a form of racism.
Read our full statement 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/news/respons...
Citizenship is a right, not a privilege. Our new briefing with @reprievehq.bsky.social reveals a shocking racial disparity in citizenship stripping practices.
3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇
3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇
Stripped: The Citizenship Divide
New research exposes racist reality of UK citizenship stripping laws that place 3 in 5 people of colour at risk.
www.runnymedetrust.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Citizenship is a right, not a privilege. Our new briefing with @reprievehq.bsky.social reveals a shocking racial disparity in citizenship stripping practices.
3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇
3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇
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UPDATE 🚨
The govt have launched their long-awaited consultation on police use of facial recognition.
But they want to expand it to every town centre.
Why are they making this decision before the public has even had the chance to tell them what they think?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
The govt have launched their long-awaited consultation on police use of facial recognition.
But they want to expand it to every town centre.
Why are they making this decision before the public has even had the chance to tell them what they think?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Facial recognition to be expanded in fresh crime crackdown
Critics called on the government to limit roll-out of facial recognition, but others have urged ministers to accelerate the expansion to ‘boost safety’
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
UPDATE 🚨
The govt have launched their long-awaited consultation on police use of facial recognition.
But they want to expand it to every town centre.
Why are they making this decision before the public has even had the chance to tell them what they think?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
The govt have launched their long-awaited consultation on police use of facial recognition.
But they want to expand it to every town centre.
Why are they making this decision before the public has even had the chance to tell them what they think?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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Celebrating one more year of Prosper to Prosper!
The research and organising team have been joined by community allies from all around the country. Power to Prosper is building a movement to tackle the racialised impacts of poverty and debt. @runnymedetrust.bsky.social
The research and organising team have been joined by community allies from all around the country. Power to Prosper is building a movement to tackle the racialised impacts of poverty and debt. @runnymedetrust.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Celebrating one more year of Prosper to Prosper!
The research and organising team have been joined by community allies from all around the country. Power to Prosper is building a movement to tackle the racialised impacts of poverty and debt. @runnymedetrust.bsky.social
The research and organising team have been joined by community allies from all around the country. Power to Prosper is building a movement to tackle the racialised impacts of poverty and debt. @runnymedetrust.bsky.social
The Government’s move to scrap trials by jury is highly concerning (🧵)
Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Government’s move to scrap trials by jury is highly concerning (🧵)
“Children from the poorest areas had a 13 per cent higher chance of dying”
When a child is rushed to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), families would assume that their loved one will get the same shot at survival as every other patient in the unit.
When a child is rushed to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), families would assume that their loved one will get the same shot at survival as every other patient in the unit.
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
“Children from the poorest areas had a 13 per cent higher chance of dying”
When a child is rushed to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), families would assume that their loved one will get the same shot at survival as every other patient in the unit.
When a child is rushed to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), families would assume that their loved one will get the same shot at survival as every other patient in the unit.
1 in 3 UK children live in poverty. Sadly, the figures are much higher for many children of colour.
The scrapping of the two child benefit cap is welcome, and long overdue.
Children should never be punished for political failures. Civil society shouldn't have had to campaign so hard for this win.
The scrapping of the two child benefit cap is welcome, and long overdue.
Children should never be punished for political failures. Civil society shouldn't have had to campaign so hard for this win.
Inequalities amplified: The alarming rise of child poverty in the UK
This policy briefing brings together the expertise of Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), Runnymede Trust and Women’s Budget Group to understand why Black and minority ethnic children are more likely t...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
1 in 3 UK children live in poverty. Sadly, the figures are much higher for many children of colour.
The scrapping of the two child benefit cap is welcome, and long overdue.
Children should never be punished for political failures. Civil society shouldn't have had to campaign so hard for this win.
The scrapping of the two child benefit cap is welcome, and long overdue.
Children should never be punished for political failures. Civil society shouldn't have had to campaign so hard for this win.
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.
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.
ow.ly
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.
🎟 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
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
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.
www.runnymedetrust.org
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
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...
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 Bill has become law. This is a huge step towards addressing our broken housing system, which has been achieved through fierce campaigning from civil society across the board.
While extremely welcome, there are still gaps. Here’s what you need to know 🧵
While extremely welcome, there are still gaps. Here’s what you need to know 🧵
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Renters Rights Bill has become law. This is a huge step towards addressing our broken housing system, which has been achieved through fierce campaigning from civil society across the board.
While extremely welcome, there are still gaps. Here’s what you need to know 🧵
While extremely welcome, there are still gaps. Here’s what you need to know 🧵
Far too often, medical schools leave Black heritage students feeling persistently unwelcome. We need to move beyond mere inclusion towards genuine and lasting belonging, writes Carl Kulimushi, a student at the University of Manchester.
New on our blog ✍️ www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/getting...
New on our blog ✍️ www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/getting...
Getting in but not getting on
Despite efforts to widen access to the medical profession for under-represented groups, Black students still face a host of barriers. It’s time for medical education to move beyond simply opening door...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Far too often, medical schools leave Black heritage students feeling persistently unwelcome. We need to move beyond mere inclusion towards genuine and lasting belonging, writes Carl Kulimushi, a student at the University of Manchester.
New on our blog ✍️ www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/getting...
New on our blog ✍️ www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/getting...
Three private companies have made a combined profit of £383m from UK asylum accommodation contracts since 2019, according to the National Audit Office.
This is not a long-term or sustainable plan. It is a quick fix for cheap political points that does nothing to fix our broken asylum system.
This is not a long-term or sustainable plan. It is a quick fix for cheap political points that does nothing to fix our broken asylum system.
Two military sites earmarked as asylum seeker accommodation
Housing asylum seekers in hotels has cost billions, while they have also become a focal point for protests.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Three private companies have made a combined profit of £383m from UK asylum accommodation contracts since 2019, according to the National Audit Office.
This is not a long-term or sustainable plan. It is a quick fix for cheap political points that does nothing to fix our broken asylum system.
This is not a long-term or sustainable plan. It is a quick fix for cheap political points that does nothing to fix our broken asylum system.
We’re trapped in a narrow conversation about trust and policing.
Instead of continuing to invest in policing reforms and solutions that do not work, let’s instead consider community initiatives that we know work to reduce crime - pastoral care, youth workers, mental health support.
Instead of continuing to invest in policing reforms and solutions that do not work, let’s instead consider community initiatives that we know work to reduce crime - pastoral care, youth workers, mental health support.
October 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We’re trapped in a narrow conversation about trust and policing.
Instead of continuing to invest in policing reforms and solutions that do not work, let’s instead consider community initiatives that we know work to reduce crime - pastoral care, youth workers, mental health support.
Instead of continuing to invest in policing reforms and solutions that do not work, let’s instead consider community initiatives that we know work to reduce crime - pastoral care, youth workers, mental health support.
We’re horrified to hear that another woman has been r*ped in another racially motivated attack. Women's safety and women's bodies cannot be a political football, this rise in misogynistic violence must be treated with seriousness and urgency.
October 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We’re horrified to hear that another woman has been r*ped in another racially motivated attack. Women's safety and women's bodies cannot be a political football, this rise in misogynistic violence must be treated with seriousness and urgency.