ethnicity

Next phase of UK’s Covid vaccine roll-out ‘will focus on ethnicity and NOT occupation’

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Ministers will be urged to vaccinate people by age and ethnicity rather than their job during the next phase of the coronavirus jab roll-out, it was claimed today. Number 10’s leading jab experts, who are due to meet this afternoon to finalise their recommendation, are expected to advise that the UK continues with its age-based … Read more

Met Police will record the ethnicity of people pulled over in cars

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Metropolitan Police will record the ethnicity of people pulled over in cars under a six-month pilot scheme following criticism over the force’s stop-and-search methods in capital.  Sadiq Khan said the plan would address ‘concerns about racial profiling and disproportionality’ in London which were brought to light during the Black Lives Matter movement last summer. Team GB … Read more

Little Mix stars Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall win joint Ethnicity Award

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Little Mix stars Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall vow to continue tackling racism after winning joint Ethnicity Award for their support of Black Lives Matter By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 10:07 GMT, 11 December 2020 | Updated: 10:07 GMT, 11 December 2020 Little Mix stars Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall have vowed to continue … Read more

Young white workers earn LESS money per hour than any other ethnicity of the same age

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Young workers from ethnic minority backgrounds now earn more on average than their white British counterparts, figures reveal. The analysis shows that the ethnicity pay gap has vanished for those who began their careers over the past 15 years. The gap had been a major target for activists during a summer dominated by Black Lives … Read more

Dating app Grindr removes ‘ethnicity filter’ allowing users to search for potential partners by race

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Dating app Grindr removes ‘ethnicity filter’ that allows users to search for potential partners by race after getting roasted online for its tweet in support of ‘Black Lives Matter’ Singletons can pay £12.99-a-month in order to access the ethnicity filter But Grindr has said it will now remove the feature in the next version of … Read more