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RACIAL and religious hate crime soared by 41 per cent in the immediate aftermath of the EU referendum, official figures showed yesterday.
The figures come as a newly published Home Office report showed that the overall number of hate crimes logged by forces in England and Wales in 2015/16 increased by 19 per cent, with 62,518 offences recorded — a rate of around 170 every day.
The main focus of the study was hate crimes recorded between April 2015 and March 2016, but it also included a section specifically examining the period around the EU referendum on June 23.
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe