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Prime Minister: scrap unfair voter ID laws

Runnymede Trust and Operation Black Vote coordinated over 50 artists, academics and NGO leaders, calling on the Prime Minister to scrap discriminatory Voter ID laws

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July 25, 2024

Violence against Muslims is not just in the streets—it's built into our politics

We have achieved a prevailing consensus that Muslims are the problem. This is the inevitable outcome of the hyper-normalisation of Islamophobia.

LBC

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February 19, 2025

If we want Britain to be healthier we must address structural racism

People of colour have less opportunity to be healthy with housing, work and other barriers getting in the way of eating well and exercising more.

Big Issue

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March 12, 2025

‘George Floyd Murder Gave Us Hope Things Would Change – But They’ve Changed for the Worse’

Five years on from the death that shocked the world, Shabna Begum explains how political denial and repressive legislation has made things worse for people of colour in the UK.

Byline Times

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May 12, 2025

Framing the grooming scandal as an ‘Asian’ problem is misogynistic - and a disservice to survivors

Whether it is the so-called ‘Burka ban’, or the return to the so-called ‘Asian’ grooming scandal - women’s bodies are being used in a proxy war that pretends to defend them, but it is always women who lose.

LBC

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June 18, 2025

We need to stop turning on migrants and understand where the real power and blame lies

Dr Shabna Begum, chief executive of the Runnymede Trust, writes about why the government take 'decisive action' and change its narrative, policy and direction on migration

Big Issue

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August 16, 2025

Women of colour can’t be themselves at work and it’s affecting their mental health

Alba Kapoor, our senior policy manager, on our report 'Broken Ladders: the myth of meritocracy for women of colour in the workplace'

iNews

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May 29, 2022

Over-policed and under-protected: the road to safer schools

The rate of police officers in UK schools is leaving Black and minority ethnic pupils over-policed and under-protected.

BBC News

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January 16, 2023

Home Office's Rwanda Plan

Our response to the Home Office's cruel and racist plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda

BBC News

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April 19, 2022

We must protect the human rights of all refugees and asylum seekers

Reflections from the Runnymede Trust following our CEO being invited to speak at the march and vigil for Ukraine.

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March 26, 2022

If the government wants open debate in universities, why stifle it in schools?

New government guidance on ‘politically impartial’ teaching risks shutting down conversations about race with students

Guardian

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February 18, 2022

UK ethnic minorities face a breathtaking legal onslaught

The policing, elections and borders bills are an assault on the civil rights of ethnic minorities

Financial Times

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January 19, 2022

Nusrat Ghani and Islamophobia

Islamophobia is rife not only in the Conservative Party, but across the political spectrum and in media establishments.

BBC News

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January 24, 2022

Citizenship is not a ‘privilege’ – the Borders Bill clause is a threat to ethnic minority Britons

Allowing the Home Office to revoke British citizenship without notice would be indefensible, writes Alba Kapoor, our senior policy officer.

Big Issue

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November 25, 2021

Lit in Colour

Fewer than 1% of students at GCSE study a book by a writer of colour. Lit in Colour is here to change that.

Sky News

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June 19, 2021

What Azeem Rafiq’s case tells us about institutional racism in Britain

Azeem Rafiq’s testimony to British lawmakers over the racism he suffered throughout his sporting career says a lot about institutional racism in Britain

Thomson Reuters Foundation News

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November 26, 2021

Statement on "Unite the Kingdom" rally

15/9/25

Statement on the Met's decision to remove Safer Schools Officers from London schools

9/4/25

Runnymede Trust Spring Statement Response 2025

27/3/25

Six months since the riots, charities urge the government to take action on the growing threat of the far right

31/1/25

Statement from Professor Dame Donna Kinnair

16/1/25

Statement on our response to Sgt Blake's acquittal

24/10/24

Community cohesion will not solve the racism underpinning this summer’s riots

12/9/24

UK racist riots: open letter to Keir Starmer from 80 anti-racist and migrants' rights organisations

5/8/24

Dr Shabna Begum appointed as permanent CEO of the Runnymede Trust

22/5/24

In solidarity with Diane Abbott

13/3/24

Our statement on rising anti-semitism and Islamophobia

19/2/24

Donna Kinnair takes over from Clive Jones as Chair of the Runnymede Trust

7/2/24

Runnymede Trust open letter to Sir Mark Rowley regarding reports that there is to be an escalation of police presence in local schools

30/10/23

Runnymede Trust voices its profound concern with the Home Secretary’s recent interventions regarding ongoing protests in relation to Palestine

24/10/23

Racial justice organisations call out the Metropolitan Police’s response to the Casey Review

28/7/23

Co-directors to lead the Runnymede Trust in the interim

10/5/23

Dr Halima Begum to step down as CEO of the Runnymede Trust

13/4/23

Runnymede Trust response to the strip search of children in England and Wales - analysis by the Children's Commissioner for England

27/3/23

Sector response to Baroness Casey's review of the Metropolitan Police

21/3/23

Bereaved families and civil society organisations call for structural racism to be explicitly interrogated in the COVID-19 Inquiry

28/2/23

Runnymede Trust response to the 'Independent Review of Prevent'

8/2/23

Rishi Sunak: the UK's first South Asian Prime Minister

24/10/22

Chris Kaba: a call for a full and transparent inquiry into his death

12/9/22

Our statement on the appointment of Sir Mark Rowley QPM as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Force

12/7/22

Does the government's plans for an ‘Inclusive Britain’ signal a shift on race?

17/3/22

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Prime Minister: scrap unfair voter ID laws

Violence against Muslims is not just in the streets—it's built into our politics

If we want Britain to be healthier we must address structural racism

‘George Floyd Murder Gave Us Hope Things Would Change – But They’ve Changed for the Worse’

Framing the grooming scandal as an ‘Asian’ problem is misogynistic - and a disservice to survivors

We need to stop turning on migrants and understand where the real power and blame lies

Women of colour can’t be themselves at work and it’s affecting their mental health

Over-policed and under-protected: the road to safer schools

Home Office's Rwanda Plan

We must protect the human rights of all refugees and asylum seekers

If the government wants open debate in universities, why stifle it in schools?

UK ethnic minorities face a breathtaking legal onslaught

Nusrat Ghani and Islamophobia

Citizenship is not a ‘privilege’ – the Borders Bill clause is a threat to ethnic minority Britons

Lit in Colour

What Azeem Rafiq’s case tells us about institutional racism in Britain

Statement on "Unite the Kingdom" rally

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Statement on the Met's decision to remove Safer Schools Officers from London schools

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Runnymede Trust Spring Statement Response 2025

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Six months since the riots, charities urge the government to take action on the growing threat of the far right

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Statement from Professor Dame Donna Kinnair

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Statement on our response to Sgt Blake's acquittal

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Community cohesion will not solve the racism underpinning this summer’s riots

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UK racist riots: open letter to Keir Starmer from 80 anti-racist and migrants' rights organisations

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Dr Shabna Begum appointed as permanent CEO of the Runnymede Trust

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In solidarity with Diane Abbott



Our statement on rising anti-semitism and Islamophobia



Donna Kinnair takes over from Clive Jones as Chair of the Runnymede Trust



Runnymede Trust open letter to Sir Mark Rowley regarding reports that there is to be an escalation of police presence in local schools

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Runnymede Trust voices its profound concern with the Home Secretary’s recent interventions regarding ongoing protests in relation to Palestine

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Racial justice organisations call out the Metropolitan Police’s response to the Casey Review

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Co-directors to lead the Runnymede Trust in the interim

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Dr Halima Begum to step down as CEO of the Runnymede Trust

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Runnymede Trust response to the strip search of children in England and Wales - analysis by the Children's Commissioner for England

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Sector response to Baroness Casey's review of the Metropolitan Police

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Bereaved families and civil society organisations call for structural racism to be explicitly interrogated in the COVID-19 Inquiry

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Runnymede Trust response to the 'Independent Review of Prevent'

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Rishi Sunak: the UK's first South Asian Prime Minister

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Chris Kaba: a call for a full and transparent inquiry into his death

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Our statement on the appointment of Sir Mark Rowley QPM as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Force

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Does the government's plans for an ‘Inclusive Britain’ signal a shift on race?

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