The best fashion statement you can make this season? Buy pre-loved
Halima Begum
My father was a garment-maker who taught me to cut waste. Buy secondhand and you wear your values on your sleeve
March 2022
After the Sewell report, the race action plan seems a step in the right direction
Halima Begum
We may even read parts of this as a discreet repudiation of what went before. But there is more to be done, says Halima Begum, chief executive of the Runnymede Trust
February 2022
If the government wants open debate in universities, why stifle it in schools?
Halima Begum
New government guidance on ‘politically impartial’ teaching risks shutting down conversations about race with students, says Dr Halima Begum, chief executive of the Runnymede Trust
March 2021
The panel
The verdict on the Sewell report into racial disparity
Halima Begum, Sam Phan, Katharine Birbalsingh and Remi Joseph-Salisbury
Did the government’s response to the Black Lives Matter protests measure up? A panel of writers responds
January 2021
Trying to divide white and ethnic minority working-class people helps no one
Halima Begum
Instead of practical policies, this government is feeding myths to shore up ‘red wall’ support, says Halima Begum of the Runnymede Trust
October 2020
So the ethnicity pay gap is over? If only things were that simple
Halima Begum
Grave disparities remain, with minority workers still far more likely to be unemployed or in low-paid, precarious work, says Halima Begum of theRunnymede Trust
