Over the past two decades, educational attainment and employment have risen across Britain, and in particular amongst many ethnic minority groups. But despite this progress, substantial pay gaps between white workers and ethnic minorities persist. With the introduction of the government’s Race Disparity Unit, questions around ethnicity and inequality are rightly rising up the political agenda. How do labour market outcomes vary with ethnicity across Britain? Have these outcomes improved or deteriorated over the past 20 years? How do disadvantages of ethnicity and gender interact? And what can be done to tackle continuing discrimination? At an event at its Westminster headquarters the Resolution Foundation launched a major new report into labour market outcomes for ethnic minority workers in Britain. A panel of experts, including David Lammy MP, then discussed the findings and potential policy solutions, before taking part in an audience Q&A. Following the event, David Lammy, Zubaida Haque and Torsten Bell recorded the following podcast. width="100%" height="100" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" data-name="pd-iframe-player">
