“BME workers have faced a triple whammy of threats during the pandemic.
“Today’s figures show that BME workers were less likely to earning enough before the pandemic to avoid hardship during lockdown.
“BME workers are more likely be in low-paid, insecure jobs, where they have been more exposed to coronavirus and more likely to die.
“Today we learned that BME workers’ mental health has suffered the most during the Covid-19 outbreak.
“The pandemic has exposed the structural racism of the UK’s economy yet again. It is past time for the government to act.”