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Black people are biggest victims of Britain's Covid disaster
BAME Britons twice as likely to have lost their job
BLACK and ethnic minority people are twice as likely to have lost their job during the pandemic, a damning survey suggests.
The report by Hope Not Hate adds to mounting evidence that BAME communities have not only been disproportionately hit by the health crisis but also the economic fallout.
In its survey published today, the charity found that ethnic minority communities were twice as likely to report having lost their job — 7 per cent — compared with the national average of 3 per cent.
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