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• The Conservative Party should learn from social psychology for successful multiculturalism
  Today's blog post is written by Runnymede research and policy analyst Phil Mawhinney The UK Conservative Party is currently asking why only one in six black and minority ethnic (BME) voters plumped for them...
  
  
• How can services fully include ethnic minority disabled people?
  Today’s Blog post is written by Rob Trotter, research officer at Scope and former intern at Runnymede Work by the Runnymede Trust has found that by 2051 there will be around 3.8 million black and minority...
  
  
• We’re in danger of not addressing the root causes of the 2011 riots
  Today's blog post is written by Ojeaku Nwabuzo, a researcher at Runnymede On Monday 6 August I read a twitter message from a close friend saying “riots are about to happen in Hackney”. At this point...
  
  
• Out in the cold: ethnic minority pensioners moving overseas denied full pensions
  Today’s blog post is written by Phil Mawhinney, a policy and research analyst at Runnymede The government confirmed in its budget last week that it is taking forward plans for a single-tier state pension. Set at...
  
  
• Colour-blindness means we don’t see full picture
  Today's blog post is written by Runnymede's director, Dr Rob Berkeley The report of the Communities and Victims Panel on the riots of summer 2011 makes a series of bold statements and recommendations to...
  
  
• “The more things change, the more they stay the same”: Runnymede’s oral history project
  Today's blog post is written by Vastiana Belfon, a research associate at Runnymede Researching the Runnymede archives for our new website “The Struggle for Racial Equality – An Oral History of the Runnymede Trust,...
  
  
• Ann Dummett (1931-2012) – A true anti-racist advocate
  Today's blog post is written by our deputy director Sarah Isal It is with great sadness that we learned of Ann Dummett death on 7 February 2012 at the age of 81.  Ann was the director of...
  
  
• Assimilation 1 Racial Justice 0
  Today's blog post is written by Runnymede's director, Dr Rob Berkeley. It was originally posted on Left Foot Forward Today’s announcement of an integration strategy from Secretary of State for Communities and Local...
  
  
• Racist murders in Europe: rising xenophobia and the role of the far-right
  Today's blog post is written by Klara Schmitz, research and policy analyst at the Runnymede Trust In the past few months several developments have reignited concerns about the prevalence of racist murders and the role of...
  
  
• How far right will Sarkozy go to remain in power?
  Today's blog post was written by Runnymede's deputy director Sarah Isal Any general election or presidential campaign is interesting for many reasons, not least the fact that this is the time when different parties and candidates...