Munira Mirza, Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit, arrives at 10 Downing Street
LABOUR said a new commission on racial equalities announced by Boris Johnson was “dead on arrival” today after it emerged that its organiser had cast doubt on the existence of institutional racism.
The Prime Minister announced that he would launch the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities after a wave of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests took place across Britain and worldwide, triggered by the death of black man George Floyd at the hands of US police.
However Mr Johnson’s head of policy Munira Mirza has previously questioned whether institutional racism exists and suggested that there is a “culture of grievance” among anti-racism campaigners.
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