UK's Labour to launch race manifesto to tackle inequality

• November 27 2019
• http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business-observer/uk-s-labour-to-launch-race-manifesto-to-tackle-inequality_180734

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The UK's main Opposition Labour Party yesterday unveiled a special manifesto on race and faith, proposing that children be taught about colonialism, injustice and the British empire.

The left-wing party's pre-election proposals are aimed at reducing the “significant inequalities in employment, education and representation in public life” faced by ethnic minority and faith-based communities.

Labour is proposing to create an emancipation educational trust “to ensure historical injustice, colonialism and role of the British empire is taught in the National Curriculum”.

It is also planning to launch reviews into the under-representation of minority ethnic teachers and into far-right extremism, if it wins the December 12 snap general election.

“Only by acknowledging the historical injustices faced by our communities can we work towards a better future,” said Labour's Equalities Spokeswoman Dawn Butler.

Labour is proposing to establish a race equality unit in the Treasury finance ministry to review spending commitments for their impact on ethnic minority communities.

Labour, which is seeking to return to power after almost a decade in Opposition also said it would tackle pay discrimination on the basis of race.