Government shows a lack of leadership on race equality

Members of the BME VCS Coalition including V4CE have written a letter to the Guardian, calling on the Government to draw up a race equality strategy that provides leadership in the wake of rioting.

Members of the BME VCS Coalition including V4CE have written a letter to the Guardian, calling on the Government to draw up a race equality strategy that provides leadership in the wake of rioting.

Societies should be judged by how they treat their most vulnerable. The government should therefore live up to the high-minded principles it affirms domestically and internationally, and take strong leadership in improving the lives of ethnic minorities in the UK.

Read the full letter published in the Guardian, Sunday 21st August 2011.