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By Iain Watson and Jennifer Scott
BBC News
image captionThe report was prompted by Black Lives Matter protests
Did the government set out to cause controversy with an investigation into racial disparity in the UK? Or was the report s release, on Wednesday, mishandled?
We spoke to former and current Conservative insiders, on condition of anonymity, to find out how the report had come together - and the way in which it was communicated to the media.
It s fair to say that the report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, prompted by last year s Black Lives Matter protests, was not universally welcomed.