Leading playwrights to contribute to auction supporting refugees

Leading UK playwrights Tanika Gupta and Anupama Chandrasekhar are making a significant contribution by donating first editions of their work to an historic auction aimed at raising funds to support refugees in the UK.

“Enterprise and hard work at the heart of the immigrant story”

As the Labour party prepares for next year's general election, with leader Sir Keir Starmer currently reshuffling the Cabinet, they celebrated ‘Britain’s global bonds and bridges’ at an evening reception for the diaspora in a café in South London. 

A nationwide survey by Opium has indicated that 71% of people from ethnic minorities facing discrimination, increased from 58% in January 2016. Ethnic minorities in Britain are facing rising and increasingly overt racism, with levels of discrimination...

The government has been criticised for rejecting a proposed working definition of Islamophobia that has been adopted by parties including Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish Conservatives.

Cllr Nitin Parekh has been unanimously elected as the new Mayor of Harrow. His name was put forward by Cllr Ajay Maru, who noted his positive social work in the borough, while Cllr Christine Robson reportedly seconded the nomination.

Airline passengers from countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) landing at the UK airport will no longer be required to complete the forms to be handed to immigration officers along with their passports.



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