Historian David Olusoga joins academic criticism of No 10's race report

Broadcaster says report seems to want to brush history under the carpet, as others attack distorted' use of research

One of Britain's foremost historians of slavery has accused the authors of a controversial racial disparities report commissioned by Downing Street of giving the impression they would prefer history to be swept under the carpet".

Broadcaster David Olusoga, professor of public history at Manchester University, made the comments in an article for the Guardian, as hundreds of experts on race, education, health and economics joined the criticism of the report for brazenly misrepresenting evidence of racism.