Barely 3% of Britain’s most powerful and influential people are from black and minority ethnic groups, according to a broad new analysis that highlights startling inequality despite decades of legislation to address discrimination. The numbers betray a grotesque disconnect with the composition of the UK population, almost 13% of which has a minority background. Read moreThere has been some progress further down the ranks since the 2000 Race Relations Act which, among other things, placed a duty on public bodies to promote racial equality. “The evidence from analysis of data over many years is that minority ethnic groups are less well represented in higher status occupations than white people,” he said. While the project concentrated on BAME diversity, it also showed up a startling gap in gender representation.

Source: The Guardian September 24, 2017 15:00 UTC