Nearly half of staff at the Bar Standards Board (BSB) are now from ethnic minority backgrounds but it is looking at targets to improve the diversity of its management.

A review of its internal anti-racist strategy showed that the proportion of ethnic minority staff rose from 41% at the end of 2023 to 47% a year later.

At management level, where 26% are from minority backgrounds, three percentage points lower than a year earlier, the regulator has “agreed in principle the identification and setting of targets for diversity”.

However, there was “significant progression” in the percentage of managers from Black backgrounds, rising from 9% to 13%.

“Following a review of other regulators we will set our own targets for diversity at management level. We wish to ensure we meet or exceed the m

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