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'Diversity is our strength,' says Claudia Webbe as census analysis shows Leicester has become Britain's first majority non-white city
Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe

LEICESTER has become the first city in the UK to have a majority non-white population, according to the latest census data.

The numbers from the Office for National Statistics show 41 per cent of the population of Leicester described themselves as white, the lowest proportion of any British city.

Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe said: “The diversity of Leicester is our strength and something to be celebrated. We are the city where our minorities make up the majority… we are richer for this vibrant exchange of cultures.” 

“At 34.3 per cent those who identify as Indian are now the largest ethnic group in Leicester.”

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