The son of a South Asian WW2 veteran tells @easterneye.bsky.social that stories like his father’s serve as a “powerful re­minder” to Britain and the wider world of the sacrifices made by Asians during the war and in the years that followed: www.easterneye.biz/remembrance-...

Our colleague Raj Kaur Bilkhu is on BBC Radio London now talking about our work with the Royal British Legion to raise awareness of South Asian service in the world wars, and the My Family Legacy campaign asking British Asians to share their family stories of service www.myfamilylegacy.org.uk

Guardian report on the My Family Legacy campaign which is capturing south Asian family testimony of the legacy of wartime service and what that means today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

British Future is looking for a new Treasurer! If you or someone you know has the skills and would like to join the trustee board of a dynamic thinktank working on issues of immigration, integration, race and identity, do please click on the link for more info: www.britishfuture.org/jobs/treasur...

"We honour the past fully when all of those who contributed and served can be fully recognised. We bring this society together when everybody is invited to participate." @sundersays.bsky.social for @easterneye.bsky.social on why inclusive remembrance matters www.easterneye.biz/uk-remembran...

New net migration figures are published by ONS this month (27 Nov). Join our lunchtime webinar that afternoon for expert analysis of what the figures mean for the politics & policy of immigration - with @alanmanning4.bsky.social , Marley Morris of IPPR + our team www.eventbrite.com/e/net-migrat...

"To let people get stuck in jobs that don’t use their potential is a waste — not just for them, but for the economy as a whole." Good piece from @sarahoconnorft.ft.com on migrants' progression at work, quoting our @heather-rolfe.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/5716... via @financialtimes.com

Our @sundersays.bsky.social will be on Times Radio @ollymann.bsky.social discussing new research into the issues people care most about - including immigration www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

New YouGov polling on ethnic minority attitudes Labour struggling, though less than among majority group. Greens have an opportunity Tories struggling, some progress with Indian voters 2/3 of ethnic minorites think Reform is a racist party 1/6 like them yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

New Town of Culture competition to shine a spotlight on the contribution of towns that tell national story www.gov.uk/government/n...

We're delighted to be shortlisted for the Smart Thinking Think Tank of the Year award 2025 – recognising excellence and impact across the UK’s policy community. #SmartThinkingAwards

Our @sundersays.bsky.social writes for New World on the action needed to address growing racism and protect the social progress of recent decades www.thenewworld.co.uk/sunder-katwa...

"Let's not forget, when we remember the service and the sacrifice with this poppy, that the people who bled and died for our democracy and our freedom, weren't just my grandfather who looked like me & worshipped the same God, but people across Empire & Commonwealth, who were Muslim, Sikh & Hindu'

Why defending a free speech culture in Britain can find common ground if we realise we are not America. My column this week reflects on debating Toby Young and others at the University of Oxford on 'cancel culture' and how we decide the boundaries www.easterneye.biz/uk-freedom-o...

Great to be at Friend’s house today where Jeni from @belongnetwork.bsky.social is launching a handy new guide for events organisers on how to foster community cohesion

Our @heather-rolfe.bsky.social speaks to the FT about the risks of a proposed 10-year route to settlement for Hong Kongers

In the whole half century period since the dictator Idi Amin's expelled migrants in 1972, can anybody identify any *democratic* government at all that has stripped past grants of permanent residence from a large number of legal migrants & removed/expelled them?

Reading out the bans - Thread from our Director @sundersays.bsky.social on the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans from their game against Villa

'The State of Us' is a report from @britishfuture.bsky.social and @belongnetwork.bsky.social that explores the social tensions and grievances felt throughout the contemporary UK. Our webinar, available to watch back in full, shares some of the report's findings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZk4...

UK toughens English language rules for immigrants - @financialtimes.com Visa applicants will need to achieve A-level standard from January on.ft.com/492CeNR

Our @sundersays.bsky.social is on the BBC Radio 4 Today Debate with Amol Rajan tonight at 8pm, discussing “Has the UK given up on freedom of speech?”

Our @sundersays.bsky.social column for @easterneye.bsky.social this week on the Gaza peace deal, efforts to bolster UK community relations after the Manchester attack, and book-burning free speech advocates www.easterneye.biz/uk-communiti...

How can we make workplaces fair and inclusive? 🤝 At Labour & Conservative conferences, British Future (with @kpmguk.bsky.social) brought together politicians, business leaders & experts to explore how to unlock opportunity for all. Read more 👇 www.britishfuture.org/unlocking-op...

Unrolled thresd: on claims to have workable, costed Trump-style mass deportation plans from the Conservatives and Restore Britain What are they each claiming for their plans? skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...

Moment of reflection planned one week on from Manchester synagogue attack www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

The new 'Pride in Place' programme "fires the starting gun in Labour’s race to address the national decline that is fuelling polarisation," writes our @jakepuddle.bsky.social – but ministers should be wary of presenting it as a silver bullet to heal divides. www.britishfuture.org/the-pride-in...

Murder at the synagogue on Yom Kippur made Thursday a dark day in British history. My Eastern Eye column on the Manchester tragedy. www.easterneye.biz/manchester-s...

Profile in @theguardian.com today of our Director @sundersays.bsky.social – talking about immigration, race, prejudice, flags and patriotism – and why he's still optimistic about Britain www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

"Are you representing an organisation here?", I asked a Muslim attendee. “I’m here as a Mancunian mate,’ he replied. “That’s what I’m representing.” Our Avaes Mohammad's reflections from Friday's vigil in Manchester following the appalling Synagogue attack. www.britishfuture.org/im-here-as-a...

Starting now at #CPC25: ‘Unlocking Opportunity: The case for Inclusive Employment’ Speakers: Baroness Stedman-Scott; Siobhan Aarons of @toryreformgroup.bsky.social; Anna Purchas, @kpmguk.bsky.social; Prerna Bhardwaj, Mayor of Gerrards Cross; @sundersays.bsky.social British Future.

How do those working for fairness and inclusion in the workplace differentiate hostile backlash from legitimate critique and challenge? If you’re at @conservatives.bsky.social party conference today, join us to discuss (Midland Hotel, Trafford, 6pm) #CPC25 [1/3]

It is a joint statement from the Board of Deputies and the JLC. Its sad something like this needed to be said on the first Sabbath after Thursday but many people from every faith & none will be glad to see the clarity with which this longstanding position has been reiterated, and so can amplify it

British Future Director @sundersays.bsky.social on Israeli govt invite to Tommy Robinson [1/2] “Tommy Robinson is a voice of prejudice and division. There should be cross-party and multi-faith pressure on the Israeli government to withdraw its invitation…

Its important to have vigilance about the threats and risks, in order to have effective security efforts. Alongside that, also useful to show how exceptional that remains, given efforts by varied extreme voices to normalise + socialise violence (to legitimise revenge + pre-emptive violence)

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day. As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time. At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

Terrible news that two people were killed in Manchester attending their place of worship at the synagogue in Manchester, with others seriously injured. Community Security Trust @cstuk.bsky.social who do so much to keep Jewish people safe at faith and community spaces have issued this advice.

Join us at #CPC25, Mon 6 Oct 6pm for: ‘Unlocking Opportunity: The case for Inclusive Employment’ Speakers: Baroness Stedman-Scott; Siobhan Aarons of @toryreformgroup.bsky.social ; Anna Purchas, @kpmguk.bsky.social ; Prerna Bhardwaj, Mayor of Gerrards Cross; @sundersays.bsky.social , British Future.

'Can progressives find a response to populism?' New @sundersays.bsky.social column for @easterneye.bsky.social from Labour Party conference #LPC25 www.easterneye.biz/keir-starmer...

Great to see Lisa Nandy announce a new ‘Town of culture’ competition - something British Future’s been calling for since our 2019 ‘Crossing Divides’ report by @sundersays.bsky.social @jillyrutter.bsky.social. Culture’s not just for cities! www.britishfuture.org/publication/... #LPC25

The Hillsborough families campaign and the law is an emotional starting point for Keir Starmer’s speech to the Labour conference Hillsborough, Windrush, Grenfell and grooming gangs are linked together the state failing to listen when the victims are working-class, black or white

At our #LPC25 event ‘Creating Inclusive Workplaces: Challenges, Choices and Change’ (ACC Room 11a) with Anneliese Dodds MP; Uma Kumaran MP; Anna Purchas (KPMG Vice Chair and London Office Senior Partner); Hayley Bennett of HTVB Consultancy; and Heather Rolfe of British Future.

At @ippr.org /Safe Routes Coalition #LPC25 event ‘From safe routes to settled lives: what is Labour’s approach to humanitarian pathways?’

Join us tonight 6pm at Labour conference to discuss how, in divided times, we can make constructive progress on inclusion in the workplace. ACC Room 11A With Anneliese Dodds MP; Uma Kumaran MP; Hayley Bennett, HTVB; Anna Purchas of @kpmguk.bsky.social + @heather-rolfe.bsky.social #LPC25

At ‘How Broken is the Social Contract – and How Do We Fix It?’ fringe from @togethercoalition.bsky.social @labourtogether.bsky.social Brendan Cox opens, describing firm foundations of tolerance and trust in uk society; alongside worrying trends of rising dissatisfaction, prejudice & division.

‘Migrants will have to learn English to a high standard, have a clean criminal record and volunteer in their community to be granted permanent settlement status, Home Secretary is set to announce’ - BBC www.bbc.com/news/article...

“From arrival to contribution: the importance of refugee integration” - @refugeecouncil.bsky.social panel

Standing room only at @futuregovforum.bsky.social #LabourConference fringe on asylum. Good to hear @enversol.bsky.social & Cristabel Cooper of @labourtogether.bsky.social talking about need for approach combining ‘control and compassion’ [1/2]

Thread from @sundersays.bsky.social on @uclpolicylab.bsky.social @moreincommonuk.bsky.social #LabourConference fringe on future of EDI

In a polarised political climate, organisations face new challenges in promoting equality, inclusion and diversity in the workplace. In this blog, @sundersays.bsky.social outlines practical ways to navigate these choppy waters while respecting core values. www.britishfuture.org/getting-incl...

"That would tear our country apart" the PM says about Farage's proposals to deport legal migrants, including those with permanent status.