The senior advisor on ethnic minorities for Boris Johnson, Samuel Kasumu, will stand down from his post after the race report was recently released by the government.

Samuel Kasumu will leave his position next month after the government came under heavy criticism for their much-anticipated race report.

Downing Street has denied that his departure is connected to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities' report that declared the UK to be free of a system that goes against ethnic minorities.

A spokesperson for No 10 said: "Mr Kasumu has played an incredibly valuable role during his time at No 10. As he previously set out, he will be leaving government in May — this has been his plan for several months and has not changed.

Any suggestion that this decision has been made this week or that it is linked to the CRED report is completely inaccurate"

In an interview with Times Radio, Government Minister Gillian Keegan did not seem to be aware of Samuel's departure, and said: "I don't even know who he is."

However, in another interview, she went on to add: "It's a personal matter. When somebody resigns, it's a personal matter. I can't defend or talk about why he has resigned."

The is not the first time that Mr Kasumu has attempted to resign. Back in February, he reportedly handed in his resignation but was allegedly persuaded to reconsider by ministers in his department.

At the time, he wrote a letter to Boris Johnson that said the Conservative Party was "steeped in division".

Labour's shadow equalities secretary Marsha de Cordova has already criticized the report, and has now said the following in regards to Mr Kasumu's departure:

"To have your most senior advisor on ethnic minorities quit as you publish a so-called landmark report on race in the UK is telling of how far removed the Tories are from the everyday lived experiences of Black, Asian and ethnic minority people,"