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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Melissa Sigodo

Black staff 'not promoted due to skin colour' despite £40bn pledge after George Floyd

More than half of UK Black professional workers say they were not promoted because of their skin colour - while the number of senior business leaders from ethnically diverse backgrounds has not significantly increased since the death of George Floyd sparked global protests.

$50bn (£40bn) of corporate pledges were made to address racial inequality in the workplace in the wake of the US dad's murder in May 2020.

The study of 2,000 workers revealed nearly 70 per cent of those quizzed said their firms had not increased the number of Black, Asian or ethnic minority leaders.

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