Girls Get Busy: Boris Johnson Legacy So Far
- No African or Muslim political advisers representing a City that is 40% non white
- Has not had a single public meeting on the issue of race equality policy in the GLA in 4 yrs
- Ended the popular schools Black History Month Scholar competition (funded by Accenture not the taxpayer)
- Cut funding, forcing closure of critically important local borough-based police consultative groups
- Cut funding to Africa Day, the anti racist Rise festival and St Patrick’s day celebrating London’s diversity
- On taking over control of the MPS abolished all MPA race equality policy and consultative forum
- Has seen the number of black youth going to jail in London increase by 100% during his term
- Stopped publishing detailed race equality workforce figures to hide reduced number of black people employed
- Concluded that ethnic representation in the police force was not necessary to achieve good community relations
- In 2008 promised 1000 black mentors to combat youth violence and in 2012 had delivered just 56
