Chris Osuh

Manchester

Community Affairs Correspondent at The Guardian

Manchester Life Editor@MENNewsdesk. Editing a lot, writing a bit, tweeting now and then.

Articles

Blue Labour group urges ministers to ‘root out DEI’ to win over Reform voters

4 days ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

The Labour faction influencing Downing Street’s pitch to Reform UK voters has urged ministers to “root out DEI”. An article from the Blue Labour campaign group, titled What is to be Done, calls for the government to legislate against diversity, equity and inclusion, echoing the rightwing backlash from Donald Trump and Nigel Farage. Describing itself as part of a tradition of “conservative socialism”, the caucus was founded in 2009 by the academic Maurice Glasman, now a Labour peer.
Relatives of 1994 Chinook crash victims initiate legal action against MoD

4 days ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

Relatives of intelligence officers and military personnel killed in a 1994 RAF helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre have taken the first step in legal action against the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Twenty-nine people – including officers from MI5, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the army, along with the helicopter’s special forces crew – died after RAF Chinook ZD576 crashed in foggy weather in south-west Scotland on 2 June 1994.
UK Sikhs may ‘no platform’ Labour MPs over lack of Amritsar massacre inquiry

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

British Sikhs are threatening to “no platform” Labour MPs over failure to deliver a public inquiry into UK complicity in the 1984 Golden Temple massacre in India, amid warnings “frustrated” Sikh voters could back Reform UK.
Firms ‘rebranding’ diversity initiatives to avoid unwanted political attention

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh |Aamna Mohdin

Senior figures in British business have described a chilling effect on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, saying they are being “rebranded” to avoid attracting unwanted political attention. Five years after the murder of George Floyd in the US shone a spotlight on racial inequality, efforts to create a level playing field in the workplace are facing a rightwing backlash on both sides of the Atlantic.
Only a third of recommendations to tackle endemic racism in UK implemented

1 week ago | msn.com | Aamna Mohdin |Chris Osuh |Raphael Boyd

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Only a third of recommendations to tackle endemic racism in UK implemented

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Aamna Mohdin |Chris Osuh |Raphael Boyd

Only a third of the recommendations from major reports commissioned to tackle endemic racism in the UK over the past 40 years have actually been implemented, a Guardian investigation has found. The Guardian’s analysis – published ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Black Lives Matter protests – has led experts involved in some of those inquiries to demand the government break the “doom loop” of inaction.
Families of those killed in 1994 Chinook helicopter crash call for sealed documents to be released

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

Families bereaved after a Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, which remains one of the RAF’s worst peacetime losses of life, have demanded the release of documents sealed for 100 years. RAF Chinook ZD576 was carrying 25 British intelligence personnel from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to a conference at Fort George, near Inverness, Scotland, when it crashed in foggy weather on 2 June 1994.
Bradford project produces ‘outstanding’ rise in children’s physical activity

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

A project in the UK which included young people designing their own play spaces has led to what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind.
Village where Israelis and Palestinians live together to promote peace faces planned tax on funds

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

An Israeli village where Jews and Palestinians live together to promote peace is in danger of losing vital overseas funding following Israeli government proposals to impose an 80% tax on foreign donations, residents have warned.
Labour faces ‘watershed moment’ in relationship with Black and Asian voters

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh |Aamna Mohdin

Labour faces a watershed moment in its relationship with Black and Asian voters, experts warn, as the fallout from Keir Starmer’s immigration speech continues with a wave of condemnation from anti-racism campaigners. The prime minister’s claim that “uncontrolled” migration had done “incalculable” damage to British society has been labelled a betrayal by equalities groups.