LONDON – The most senior Black adviser to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned, the government said Thursday, the day after a report on racial disparities concluded that Britain does not have a systemic problem with racism.
Samuel Kasumu will leave his job as a special adviser for civil society and communities next month. The prime minister’s 10 Downing St.
office said Kasumu's departure had “been his plan for several months.” Downing Street denied the resignation was related to Wednesday’s publication of a report by the government-appointed Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which concluded that Britain is not a systemically racist country.