UK Labour launches special manifesto on race

The UK’s main opposition Labour Party yesterday unveiled a special manifesto on race and faith, proposing that children be taught about colonialism, injustice and the British empire. The left-wing party’s pre-election proposals are aimed at reducing the “significant inequalities in employment, education and representation in public life” faced by ethnic minority and faith-based communities. Labour is proposing to create an emancipation educational trust “to ensure historical injustice, colonialism and role of the British empire is taught in the National Curriculum”. It is also planning to launch reviews into the under-representation of minority ethnic teachers and into far-right extremism, if it wins the December 12 snap general election. The party unveiled its main political manifesto on Thursday.