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Today’s National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) report has in effect made an unequivocal statement to our Government: without comprehensive and targeted intervention, a generation of students particularly those from BAME communities and poorer backgrounds – sometimes both – will dramatically lose out in the most important moment of their young lives.

If the warning sounds stark it’s because it is.

There have been moments during the last six months where conversations have been had which could not have been had before George Floyd was brutally murdered, and before so many Black, Asian and other minority ethnic individuals disproportionately died due to Covid -19.

Up and down the country there has been cause to celebrate as GCSE pupils have been finding out their exam results. This year's performance has seen record breaking results across the board for students, as both the percentage in pass rates and top grades have risen.

The end of last week saw the world's media react to the news that Kamala Harris had been picked as Joe Biden's running mate for the 2020 American presidential election.

It comes after an election trail which has seen Biden keep to his promise of appointing a woman to run alongside him as Vice President.

The decision by the Metropolitan Police decision to move the investigation into the murder of Stephen Lawrence to the ‘inactive phase’ has been met with disappointment and sadness.

The decision comes after Detectives concluded that "all identified lines of inquiry have been completed.” In the statement, released yesterday evening, The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, Cressida Dick, said:

The party's leadership will surely hope that the decision to shakeup their selection process will bear fruit.

In a period of confusion and uncertainty for financial markets, there have been small signs of change and innovation. The Dream Exchange offers potentially the most ambitious effort yet...

Hackney Council have taken important steps to address racial inequalities within the borough by passing a motion outlining how it hopes to 'tackle racism'.

However, the time for celebration is short; there is still much work to do.

The fact that nearly 150,000 individuals signed our petition for a Covid-19 Race Equality Strategy demonstrates unprecedented support from Black and White communities to demand our Gov confront race inequality in the UK.