Burnham signals support for bill to make ‘Black English’ and ‘Asian English’ census options
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Key context: <p>PM welcomes cross-party push to reject ethnic basis for Englishness promoted by Reform UK politicians</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/nov/11/andy-burnham-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-cop31-windfarms-europe-brexit-latest-news-updates">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Andy Burnham has said he is likely to support <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/09/black-english-asian-english-should-be-census-options-mps">a bill tabled by</a> a Liberal Democrat MP that would allow people to define themselves as both black and English for ethnicity options in the census for England.</p><p>The bill was drawn up by Josh Babarinde, the Lib Dem president, with backing from a cross-party mix of MPs including David Lammy, a former Labour deputy prime minister, and James Cleverly, the Conservative former foreign secretary.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/11/andy-burnham-black-english-asian-english-census-bill-ethnicity">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
PM welcomes cross-party push to reject ethnic basis for Englishness promoted by Reform UK politiciansUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has said he is likely to support a bill tabled by a Liberal Democrat MP that would allow people to define themselves as both black and English for ethnicity options in the census for England.The bill was drawn up by Josh Babarinde, the Lib Dem president, with backing from a cross-party mix of MPs including David Lammy, a former Labour deputy prime minister, and James Cleverly, the Conservative former foreign secretary. Continue reading...
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