Jewish leaders have expressed concern over rising racism in Britain as revealed by a national survey released this week.
According to the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey, the percentage of Britons who say they hold some form of prejudice against people of other races has increased overall from 25 per cent to 30 per cent since 2001.
Results showed that racial prejudice rose most dramatically in the north east, Scotland and Wales — where, in the last 13 years, it has gone up on average by 15 per cent. Yorkshire and Humberside held the highest number of people with such views, at 36 per cent, while inner London showed the sharpest decline in racial prejudice, from 20 per cent to 13 per cent.
The study also found that men were more prone to racism at 32 per cent, compared to 29 per cent of women surveyed; and unskilled workers were almost twice as likely to admit to being prejudiced than white-collar workers and professionals.
