נאריש זשלאָב מענטש<p>"<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Birmingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Birmingham</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> said the historic move would help the council understand its communities better and tackle discrimination.</p><p>It said that while <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Sikhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sikhs</span></a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> had been legally recognised as <a href="https://babka.social/tags/ethnic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethnic</span></a> groups for more than 40 years, they were largely absent from ethnicity data as it was not routinely collected by public bodies.</p><p>As the Office for National Statistics advises public bodies to only use existing ethnic categories in order to deliver public services, the Labour group argued <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Sikh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sikh</span></a> people were “rendered invisible” to policymakers.</p><p>If the motion passes, it would make Birmingham City Council the first local authority in <a href="https://babka.social/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> to change the way that it collects ethnicity data."</p><p><a href="https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/what-birmingham-councils-groundbreaking-proposal-31867172" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">birminghammail.co.uk/news/midl</span><span class="invisible">ands-news/what-birmingham-councils-groundbreaking-proposal-31867172</span></a></p>