"Parliament hires diversity managers on £70,000 a year despite war on woke jobs

Lords and Commons are offering big salaries to equalities staff in the face of Jeremy Hunt’s call for an end to the ‘box-ticking’ culture"

Telegraph: 8th May: Nick Gutteridge (Chief Political Correspondent) reveals how government bodies are simply ignoring government instructions 

"...Parliament is hiring new diversity managers on almost £70,000 a year – despite the Government ordering the Civil Service to scrap such roles.... Half a dozen quangos and arms-length bodies are also actively advertising for equalities staff on  big salaries funded by the taxpayer....

The Lords is inviting applications for a new head of inclusion and diversity, ...salary of £57,500 to £68,500 a year... the Commons is hiring a senior inclusion and diversity manager on £56,180 to £66,497 a year... 

... A parliamentary spokesman said: “Parliament is independent of Government. As such staff of the House of Commons and House of Lords administrations are not civil servants, and guidance provided by Government doesn’t apply in this instance.”... [???]

... DVLA is advertising for an equality and inclusion specialist... on a salary of £40,808... the College of Policing, an arms-length body of the Home Office, is hiring a diversity, equality and inclusion adviser on £33,573 to £42,115... the Prison and Probation Service, the Intellectual Property Office and the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman are all also advertising diversity roles..."

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