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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matt Mathers

Closing race employment gap ‘could add £36bn to economy’

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Closing the employment gap between Black, Asian and minority ethnic people and the wider population could provide a £36bn boost to the UK economy, new analysis suggests.

Analysis of Office for National Statistics Labour Market data found that the current employment rate of these groups was 69.4 per cent, eight percentage points below that of the white population (77.2 per cent).

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