Exclusive: poll adds to data showing minorities suffering economic hardship disproportionately

A leading race equality thinktank has called on the government to do more to protect black, Asian and ethnic minority communities, after a poll added to the growing well of data suggesting their finances have suffered more than those of white Britons due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The poll from YouGov found that BAME people are about a third more likely than the white British population to say that their finances have suffered as a result of Covid.

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