UK DOGE’s latest research has focussed on the Crown Prosecution Service. An institution in the spotlight at the moment as Labour prepares a crime clampdown including a beefed-up Crime and Policing Bill this year. You’d think the CPS wouldn’t have the time for woke wastage – not so…
Figures show 27 CPS staff are allowed “to undertake diversity-related network time during core working hours across its eight staff networks who are allocated ‘network time’.” These are special networks for groups like LGBTI staff, carers, disabled staff and Muslim staff. One network is just called “Social Mobility.” Almost 30 staff are paid to spend working hours on this…
The total allocated hours to that “network time” for 2024/25 is a whopping 3,426.5. 177.6 hours per staff member…
The government says there is no plan to decrease funding for networks this financial year – the CPS itself says “there is a strong link between a diverse workforce and inclusive culture and public trust and confidence in the CPS.” Crime increased by 10% in England and Wales last year…
In 3,426.5 hours you could:
The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…
See all of the CPS’ diversity network names below:
In Henry Mance’s piece today for the FT, lunching with Nigel Farage:
“Splendido!” Farage says, when the drinks arrive; I suppose it’s a step to European reconciliation. We clink glasses, and he lights the first of two back-to-back Benson & Hedges. A few minutes later, we’re back downstairs. “Are you drinking? Good.” He orders a glass of Sauvignon blanc for each of us — not a bottle, “because it’s Lent” — followed by a bottle of claret, to have with our meal. They say Farage drinks less than he used to. They say a lot of things.”