EQUALITY and diversity in the workforce of Oxford City Council still has come a long way, but still has a long way to go, according to a report.

The city council's cabinet discussed a workforce equality report at its meeting on Wednesday night.

In it were a series of recommendations for how the council can improve ethnic diversity and the representation.

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A report to the council included recommendations for increasing the number of staff from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in Oxford.

It also included increasing the number of women and BAME staff who are managers at the city council.

These recommendations will be added to an action plan on equality for 2018 to 2021.

Nigel Chapman, cabinet member for safer communities and customer focussed services said: "These issues don't get solve in a year or even ten years. The number of job applications from BAME communities has gone up."

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Mr Chapman added: "We have to watch we don't lose very talented staff from these communities.

"We have 91 staff members from BAME communities from the city; surely there must be 91 who could be trained over time to become leaders. We must make sure they are given every opportunity to do that."