"Neil O’Brien, a Tory MP and former minister, said the documents showed that Westminster council was running “racist hiring policies on an industrial scale”
Telegraph: 3rd April 2025: Telegraph report on the antimeritocratic activities of Westminster City Council - which incidentally topped a national ‘town hall rich list’ with 73 staff rewarded with over £100,000 last year.
"A flagship Labour council is telling staff to undergo a “privilege” test as part of its efforts to combat unconscious bias against ethnic minorities...Westminster city council is also seeking to boost recruitment of non-white “global majority” candidates for senior posts by giving them preferential treatment over equally qualified white applicants – and ensuring there is at least one ethnic minority candidate on shortlists for jobs...
All managers and staff who hire workers must undergo mandatory unconscious bias and inclusive recruitment training... Insiders have told The Telegraph that they are offered a virtual “privilege walk”, in which staff are expected to assess their social advantage by gaining or losing points in an online quiz based on factors such as whether your parents read to you, if you drive a new car, and if you have never been stopped and searched by police...
Managers who fail to shortlist global majority candidates – so called because black, Asian and multiple ethnic people make up 85 per cent of the world’s population – have to contact Stuart Love, the council’s chief executive, to “discuss your decision making before proceeding further”, say documents seen by The Telegraph...
...Neil O’Brien, a Tory MP and former minister, said the documents showed that Westminster council was running “racist hiring policies on an industrial scale”. “If all this is not breaking the law, it certainly should be. It shows how far the public sector has drifted from the idea of meritocracy,”... [You can read Mr O'Briens full statement in the link below].
Are you privileged? How many of these apply to you? You can take the 'privilege test' yourself on the Telegraph website by clicking on link above. Answer 14 questions to check your 'level of privilege', according to Westminster City Council.