Austerity and immigration make the UK more racist

Austerity and immigration policies imposed by the government have made the UK a more racist country, a UN inspector has said.

Tendayi Achiume, the UN’S Special Rapporteur on Racism, criticised the government’s adoption of “sweeping austerity measures” since 2010, which have “disproportionately” affected ethnic minorities.

Ms Achiume’s preliminary findings, which included criticism of the “hostile environment” introduced by Theresa May when she was home secretary, come after a twoweek trip visiting victims of racial hate crime across the country.

Her first day in the UK coincided with Amber Rudd’s resignation as home secretary following the Windrush scandal.

Ms Achiume added that the picture for young black boys in Britain “remains grim and has actually worsened”.

Ms Achiume said: “The structural socioeconomic exclusion of racial and ethnic minority communities in the United Kingdom is striking.”