Race commission report suggests ‘idealism’ of BLM campaigners counter-productive for racial equality – live

The pay gap between ethnic minority and white workers was also falling, and was at its lowest level in almost a decade, at 2.3%, according to the report from the commission.

The GBM union attacked the report, saying it was “deeply cynical” and ignored black and ethnic minority workers’ concerns.

The official study found that employment rates for white British and Indian ethnic groups were 77% and 76% respectively in 2019, 69% for black people and 56% for people in the Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic group.

Employees from the white Irish, Indian and Chinese ethnic groups on average had higher hourly earnings than the white British ethnic group, the report suggested.