Audit lays bare racial disparities in UK schools, courts and workplaces

Government study finds regional variation, and separate research suggests minority ethnic women hardest hit by austerity

White teenagers are far more likely to smoke than their minority ethnic counterparts, Roma children are falling well behind their peers at school and black men face the highest likelihood of being found guilty in court.

Those are just some of the issues that will be highlighted in a government audit on race equality that will reveal deeply ingrained disparities across the country when it is published on Tuesday.

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