• Recommendation 1: The Government must go further and set out an urgent plan for tackling the disproportionate impact of Covid on ethnic minorities this winter
• Recommendation 2: A national strategy to tackle health inequalities
• Recommendation 3: Suspend ‘no recourse to public funds’ rule during the pandemic and initiate a review
• Recommendation 4: Ensure Covid-19 cases from the workplace are properly recorded
• Recommendation 5: Strengthen Covid-19 risk assessments to ensure consistency and to give workers more confidence
• Recommendation 6: Improve access to PPE in all high-risk workplaces
• Recommendation 7: Give targeted support to people who are struggling to self-isolate at home
• Recommendation 8: Ensure protection and an end to discrimination for renters
• Recommendation 9: Raise the local housing allowance and address the root causes of homelessness
• Recommendation 10: Urgently conduct equality impact assessments on the Government’s support schemes to make sure Black, Asian and minority ethnic people are able to access the support they need
• Recommendation 11: Develop and implement a clear plan to prevent the stigmatisation of communities during Covid-19
• Recommendation 12: Urgently legislate to tackle online harms
• Recommendation 13: Ensure everyone can access Covid-19 communication
• Recommendation 14: Collect and publish better ethnicity data
• Recommendation 15: Implement a race equality strategy
• Recommendation 16: Ensure all policies and programmes help tackle structural inequality
• Recommendation 17: Introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting
• Recommendation 18: End the ‘hostile environment’
• Recommendation 19: Reform the curriculum to fight the root causes of racism
• Recommendation 20: Take action to close the attainment gap.

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Recommended action items for mitigating structural racism:

• Change policies that keep structural racism in place.
• Break down silos and create cross-sector partnerships.
• Institute policies to increase economic empowerment.
• Fund community programs that enhance neighborhood stability.
• Be consistent in efforts by health systems to build trust in vulnerable communities.
• Test and deploy targeted interventions that address social risk factors.

• Employers should carry out risk assessments for staff with vulnerable characteristics, including those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, as well as those from disadvantaged communities.
• Employers should ensure that all key workers in public-facing roles have access to adequate PPE. 
• The government should establish a tailored Find, Test, Trace, Isolate and Support (FTTIS) programme which ensures that marginalised and BME communities who are more vulnerable to the coronavirus are identified and supported.
• Temporary housing, including hotels, bed and breakfasts, and community shelters, should be made available to individuals to facilitate self-isolation of symptomatic individuals.
• The social security safety net should be significantly strengthened. 
• The government should increase Statutory Sickness Pay (SSP) and broaden eligibility for SSP.
• The government must address the root causes of health, housing and employment inequality.