impacts the physical and mental health of BME people.[51]13 * [52]12 [53]https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/broken-ladders * [54]13Wallace, S., Nazroo, J.Y. and Bécares, L. (2016) `Cumulative exposure to racial discrimination across time and domains: Exploring racism's long-term impact on the mental health of ethnic minority people in the UK', American Journal of Public Health 106(7): 1294-1300. -- The TUC believes that an independent Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) with strong promotion and enforcement powers is fundamental to challenging racial discrimination in the labour market and the wider community. We remain concerned that the relationship between the EHRC and its