UK’s Highest Tax Council Hires £42,000 ‘Diversity Adviser’ – Guido Fawkes

UK’s Highest Tax Council Hires £42,000 ‘Diversity Adviser’

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Rutland County Council, run by the Greens and LibDems, already has one of the highest council tax rates in the country. This year, they’ve raised it by another 2% after declaring a £46.6 million deficit – triggering cuts to education, transport, and other services. Co-conspirators can guess what they did manage to find cash for though…

The council is now recruiting a brand new ‘Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Adviser’ – with a tidy salary of £41,511 and the luxury of working from home. The lucky hire will be expected to “implement the Council’s EDI strategy”, tackle “unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation“, and work on “advancing equality of opportunity between people who share and people who do not share a relevant protected characteristic.” Nicely vague…

For that, you could:

• Fill 576 potholes.
• Hire two teaching assistants.
• Buy four unmarked police cars.

The council taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…