Total number of deaths from Covid-19 across UK reaches 61,116; 55 MPs sign letter to PM expressing fears that government’s ‘levelling up’ for the north is being abandoned
11.24am GMT
Structural racism led to the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, a review by Dame Doreen Lawrence has concluded.
The report, commissioned by Labour, contradicts the government’s adviser on ethnicity, Dr Raghib Ali, who last week dismissed claims that inequalities within government, health, employment and the education system help to explain why Covid-19 killed disproportionately more people from minority ethnic communities.
This has been generations in the making. The impact of Covid is not random, but foreseeable and inevitable – the consequence of decades of structural injustice, inequality and discrimination that blights our society. We are in the middle of an avoidable crisis. And this report is a rallying cry to break that clear and tragic pattern.
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11.20am GMT
We asked readers what they wanted to know about the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. From the ins and outs of exiting local lockdowns to why Dominic Cummings wasn’t sacked, the Guardian’s political correspondent, Peter Walker, has the answers.
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Continue reading…Total number of deaths from Covid-19 across UK reaches 61,116; 55 MPs sign letter to PM expressing fears that government’s ‘levelling up’ for the north is being abandonedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 11.24am GMTStructural racism led to the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, a review by Dame Doreen Lawrence has concluded.The report, commissioned by Labour, contradicts the government’s adviser on ethnicity, Dr Raghib Ali, who last week dismissed claims that inequalities within government, health, employment and the education system help to explain why Covid-19 killed disproportionately more people from minority ethnic communities.This has been generations in the making. The impact of Covid is not random, but foreseeable and inevitable – the consequence of decades of structural injustice, inequality and discrimination that blights our society. We are in the middle of an avoidable crisis. And this report is a rallying cry to break that clear and tragic pattern. Related: Structural racism led to worse Covid impact on BAME groups – report 11.20am GMTWe asked readers what they wanted to know about the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. From the ins and outs of exiting local lockdowns to why Dominic Cummings wasn’t sacked, the Guardian’s political correspondent, Peter Walker, has the answers. Related: Ending lockdown, airport testing and Dominic Cummings: your Covid questions answered Continue reading…