How accurate is the claim Britain is not structurally racist?

Shaun Lintern, May Bulman, Adam Forrest, Tom Batchelor, Maya Oppenheim and Zoe Tidman consider how racism still permeates various aspects of public life

Demonstrators take part in a Black Lives Matter protest outside the US Embassy in London last July (REUTERS)

The UK is no longer a country where the “system is deliberately rigged against ethnic minorities”, according to a landmark report into race in modern Britain.

The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities said other factors, including family influence and socio-economic background, impact life chances more than racism.

While there is still “overt” racism in the UK, the report concluded, claims that it is still institutionally racist were not borne out by the evidence.