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'Fear and Hope' shakes the confidence of those who believe that all is well in Britain’s multiracial society'.

A report to be launched today states that almost half of Britain’s voters would back a new Right-wing party promising to tackle immigration and Islamic extremism.

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At least a dozen women from minority ethnic communities are among the 40 most influential women in the UK chosen for a City Hall exhibition

The women are described as some of the most influential women the world has seen.

The census bus is travelling around the country to answer questions about the upcoming census with onboard advisors to remind people about the census and explain how the questionnaires will work.

The purple origami bus teams will also direct people to places where they can go to get help filling out the forms, such as local citizen’s advice bureaus, community groups or places of worship.

Eldridge Culverwell reports on his involvement in human rights campaigning and taking part in the activities leading up the recent political changes in  Egypt.

Top speakers tackled thorny race controversies at a London conference attended by 200 Black activists and intellectuals last week. Anti-racist campaigner and journalist Marc Wadsworth fired a broadside at the 27 African Caribbean and Asian members of the British parliament elected last May.

The-Latest  editor said: “We don’t have Black MPs in this country, but MPs who happen to be Black.” Wadsworth, keynote speaker at the sixth annual Huntley Conference, said the MPs are “invisible”. 

One size does not fit all. Give government work programme contracts to local organisations says business and training  consultant Ade Sawyerr.

In the last ten years the global community has helped lower infant mortality by some 26%.

Whilst nations must not be complacent about this ongoing challenge UNICEF are now asking world leaders to pay some attention to the poorest adolescents in the world. By focusing on the poorest adolescents aged between 10 -19 years old, they argue that the entrenched cycles of poverty and inequity can be broken.

The proportion of BME children in custody has increased despite a fall in overall custody levels according to the charity Children and Young People Now:

“Latest figures show that between August 2007 and December 2010, the total number of under-18s in custody decreased from 2,991 to 1,918, a drop of 35.87 per cent. However a breakdown of the statistics shows that the rate of decrease is far greater among white young people than black or ethnic minority children.

Merlene Emerson count down to the 2011 March census

As at the time of blogging this, there are only 32 days to Census Day on 27 March 2011. On that day every household will be required to complete and return a census survey (on pain of a fine of up to £1000 and a criminal record) with information on every member living at that address including any overnight visitors!

What should multicultural Britain look like? Conservative Councillor Imran Khan gives his view.

A great multicultural society should offer genuine democratic citizenship for all the communities residing in it, regardless of colour and religion. Democratic citizenship may be an old idea but it’s one of the best we have.