Institute of Race Relations newspaper cuttings

Topics include:

- Large amount of reports following publication of the government’s White Paper on proposed changes to immigration law, allowing British women to petition for their foreign-born husbands. There are also some reports suggesting that this will allow for abuses of arranged marriages to gain British citizenship.

- Large amount of reports regarding racial abuses occurring at the Hendon Police College amongst cadets.

- Large amount of reports concerning employment discrimination, in particular at British Leyland and at Massey Ferguson. There are also reports of discrimination within housing, education, in benefit allocation and in pubs and clubs.

- Reports concerning the activities of the British Movement, British National Party, and National Front. In particular, there are several reports calling for the banning of National Front marches, and debates regarding the leasing of council halls for National Front activities. The libel trial of Martin Webster, brought by Peter Hain, is also reported.

- Reports regarding the inclusion of census question on ethnic origin.

- Reports on the ongoing debate regarding ethnic monitoring forms within employment.

- Reports concerning the recruitment of black and ethnic minorities into the police force.

- Reports debating the acceptability of golliwogs.

- Reports debating racism within children’s books, and the decision to remove the ‘Noddy’ series from libraries.

- Reports of fears over the consequences of the Nationality Act.

- Several reports concerning the Newham Eight.

- Several reports regarding amending the Race Relations Act following Lord Denning’s decision in Mandla v. Lee, as well as other campaigns against the verdict.

- Reports concerning the serving of halal food within a Blackburn school.

- Large amount of reports concerning racially motivated violence, including property destruction, vandalism and intimidation, arson attacks, as well as physical violence.

- Reports following the republication of ‘Shades of Grey.’

- Several reports regarding the introduction of NHS charges.

- Reports about a ban introduced in Tower Hamlets of the sale of racist literature.

- Several reports concerning a debate over a Sikh community centre in Warwick.

- Several reports regarding the Croydon Black People’s Action Committee.

- Several reports on racism within the media.

- Several reports regarding Channel 4’s focus on multicultural broadcasting.

- Number of reports concerning deportations, with the case of the Bangladeshi Divided Families, Ping Kiu Liu and Rustam Khan receiving particular attention.

- Reports regarding the difficulties of establishing a mosque within Old Trafford.