Government Admits It Cancelled Tory-Ordered Review into MoD ‘Diversity’ Practices – Guido Fawkes

Government Admits It Cancelled Tory-Ordered Review into MoD ‘Diversity’ Practices

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Last February then-defence secretary Grant Shapps ordered a full “root-and-branch review of ethnicity, diversity and inclusivity policies” in the Ministry of Defence after it emerged the British Army had issued guidance to “challenge security clearance requirements” in the name of boosting diversity. In the RAF, diversity-hiring disasters led to a whopping 30% shortfall in pilots at the flight lieutenant and squadron leader ranks after an attempt to sideline white male applicants backfired….

Under Labour, the review into the woke guidance was quietly binned in September. In response to a written parliamentary question by Tory MP Richard Holden, ministers have now admitted that they axed the review because “it was commissioned by the previous Government and did not align with the new Government’s priorities for the Department.” Difficult to claim Labour is the party of putting merit above all else when they cancelled a review trying to do just that…