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The commission behind the controversial race report has denied accusations its report put a "positive spin" on slavery, labelling claims as "absurd".

The CRED hit back at critics; claiming that disagreement with the government-based review has "tipped into misrepresentation". The report, published on Wednesday 31st March, said Britain is no longer a country where the "system is deliberately rigged against ethnic minorities".The commissioners concluded they had found no evidence of "institutional racism,".

The panel has faced backlash over the report, with politician's and other public figures describing it as insulting and divisive.In a statement reacting to some of the criticism published on Friday night, the commission said; "Sadly, however, in some cases fair and robust disagreement with the commission's work has tipped into misrepresentation".The chairman of the commission, Dr Tony Sewell said in the foreword to the report; that the recommendation is the body's response to "negative calls for decolonizing the curriculum".[

He wrote that the resource should look at the influence of the UK during its Empire period and how "Britishness influenced the Commonwealth"; and how local communities influenced "modern Britain".

Furthermore, the commission said in the report that; geography, family influence, socio-economic background, culture and religion all affect life chances more than racism.

However, the commission has continued to face criticism; with Labor MP Diane Abbott describing it as a "deeply cynical endeavor". "They consciously packed it with people who didn't believe in institutional racism," she told Times Radio.

Diane Abbott.[/caption]Lord Woolley, who ran the Government's race disparity unit under Theresa May, told Times Radio: "It is grubby report, it is divisive".