What Birmingham Council's groundbreaking proposal could mean for Jewish and Sikh residents Birmingham City Council says the move would help it understand its communities better and tackle discrimination Birmingham City Council cabinet member Coun Jamie Tennant/Edgbaston MP Preet Gill (Image: Nick Wilkinson/Birmingham Live ) Birmingham could soon recognise Sikh and Jewish ethnicity in council data as part of a groundbreaking move to ‘tackle inequalities’. The city council said Birmingham ’s estimated 2,000-strong Jewish community and over 30,000 Sikh residents made an “enormous contribution” to Brum’s culture, diversity and prosperity. ? But its current demographics questionnaire does not include specific ‘Sikh’...