Five English councils are to adopt new integration plans to deal with problems of segregation.
The government's Integrated Communities Strategy will see £50m invested in schemes to improve community relations over the next two years.
Bradford, Blackburn, Peterborough, Walsall and Waltham Forest in London have been selected for special help.
The plan includes schemes to encourage pupils to form lasting relationships with those from different backgrounds.
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid, launching a consultation paper on the plan, said Britain "cannot ignore the fact that in too many parts of our country, communities are divided".
"Successive governments have refused to deal with the integration challenges we face head on, preferring to let people muddle along and live isolated and separated lives," he said. [BBC] Read more
