Racial Justice Cannot Wait


At the Liberal Democrat virtual party conference, Caroline spoke in support of the successful motion for a wide-ranging set of reforms to tackle racism in British society.

Caroline said:

I'm pleased the Liberal Democrats passed the Racial Justice Cannot Wait motion today at our party conference, and that I could speak. We all must continue to speak out, challenge and campaign against discrimination where it exists, whether in policing, education, workplaces or elsewhere. #BlackLivesMatter

The motion means that Lib Dem policy is to:

  • Develop a COVID-19 Race Equality Strategy
  • Implement in full the recommendations of reviews into racial injustice, including the Windrush Lessons Learned Review, without further delay
  • Introduce a range of service- and sector-specific measures to dismantle barriers to Black, Asian and minority ethnic people, for example ending the discriminatory ‘Right to Rent’ scheme and improving support for migrant survivors of domestic abuse
  • Require organisations with more than ten employees and in receipt of public funds to use name-blind recruitment processes
  • Legislate to allow all-BAME shortlists for candidates for public office
  • Scrap compulsory voter identification plans which would disproportionately impact BAME voters
  • Through education and legislation address the impacts of the British Empire and promote reconciliation