My 84-year-old grandmother was rescued by the Big Society. Or was it the big state? Or was it the doctrine of state multiculturalism? Listen to her story and you tell me. Chau Yuk Sim arrived in Britain from Hong Kong…
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Category: Bangla, Features, News, Odu-Dua, Tamil, Tung Sing
Tags: Bangla, Ben Chu, big society, BME, BME housing, chinese, community, cuts, david cameron, english language classes, esol, housing association, immigrants, Lara Oyedele, manchester, multiculturalism, odu dua, social housing, SP, supporting people, Tamil, Tung Sing, wai yin
On 5 February the English Defence League decided to march on Luton and voice their displeasure at the local Muslim community. On the same day, our prime minister was in Munich telling the world that multiculturalism in Britain had failed….
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Category: Arhag, Bangla, BMENational, Lara Oyedele, News, North London Muslim
Tags: Arhag housing association, bangla housing association, big society, black and minority ethnic, BME, BME housing, BMENational, david cameron, English Defence League, Luton, multiculturalism, North London Muslim housing association, speech
The BME sector found itself unfairly stigmatised because of the Ujima scandal, says Lara Oyedele, chair of BMENational and chief executive of Odu-dua housing association. Now, she says, the sector can move forward. “Pretend it’s not an issue – that…
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Category: BMENational, News
Tags: BME housing, BMENational, Cameron, Lara Oyedele, multiculturalism, muslim, odu-dua, social housing, speech, Ujima