Guido reported the death of the Civil Service College’s ‘Inclusive Writing’ course last week, which sought to rid civil servants’ copy of “exclusionary terms.” One small victory there..
Civil service departments across the board are continuing to centrally fund Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion courses for their staff – with bills hitting the roof. In an official parliamentary answer to Rupert Lowe the Housing department was forced to admit it spent a whopping £47,272 on training which “includes the awareness of diversity, equality, or inclusion as the main theme.” Other departments like Defra – which spent £1,246,267 in total on civil service training – are refusing to release the figures for their spend. Nothing to hide…
For £47,272 you could:
The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. The Civil Service’s three-year Diversity and Inclusion Strategy is expiring this year – it is up to Labour to decide whether to keep funding this activity. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…
Kemi Badenoch at the 1922-ConHome bash last night:
“I did praise [Burnham] for his stamina, it was amazing. All I had to do was sit back and lie there. I didn’t have to do anything at all…”