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Inclusive Britain: How plan to tackle racial disparity will impact education, social care and youth justice

The government has set out its long-term vision to tackle racial disparities in the UK with a focus on health services, education and the youth justice system.
The government has committed to ensuring schools teach an inclusive curriculum. Picture: Adobe Stock
The government has committed to ensuring schools teach an inclusive curriculum. Picture: Adobe Stock

More than 70 measures are set out in the Inclusive Britain plan, many of which include improving outcomes for children and young people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds.

The plan includes a government commitment to stop using “aggregated and unhelpful terms such as BAME, to better focus on understanding disparities and outcomes for specific ethnic groups”.

It was created in response to the Black Lives Matter protests across Britain in 2020 with some new measures set to start next month. 

Existing programmes targeting young people at risk of violence and exploitation are also noted in the plan.

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