Only a third of recommendations to tackle endemic racism in UK implemented

Reports into racial inequalities commissioned by ministers are often in response to scandals and unrest – such as the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Composite: PA / Getty Images / Guardian design

Only a third of the recommendations from major reports commissioned to tackle endemic racism in the UK over the past 40 years have actually been implemented, a Guardian investigation has found.

The Guardian’s analysis – published ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Black Lives Matter protests – has led experts involved in some of those inquiries to demand the government break the “doom loop” of inaction.