Racism charities have expressed outrage over new statistics suggesting benefit sanctions disproportionately penalise ethnic minority claimants in the UK. The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has released data which suggests there is a significant racial disparity in universal credit sanctions. The data indicates that black universal credit claimants were 58 per cent more likely to be sanctioned than white claimants, while mixed ethnic groups faced a 72 per cent higher likelihood. Asian claimants were also five per cent more likely to receive sanctions. Campaigners have called on ministers …