The Department for Work and Pensions is burning through £1,121,565 in annual salary costs for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion staff. Maybe some of those “10,000 job cuts” in the blob Starmer promised could start here…
The DWP diversity team is made up of:
That’s 14.16 full-time equivalent staff solely focused on DEI. Pensions minister Andrew Western claims:
“Dedicated EDI staff help DWP comply with equality legislation, making sure that vulnerable customers are supported. Proactive EDI initiatives can help prevent issues related to discrimination or exclusion, reducing grievances and costly disputes.”
Meanwhile, Starmer has ruled out reforming Britain’s ballooning benefits bill for at least a year, terrified of another backbench rebellion. Go woke, go broke…
Speaking on the Labour chaos over the last few weeks, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy told The Guardian:
“You call it a sh*tshow, I say it’s unforgivable…It does look to people outside that we’re more interested in ourselves and less interested in preventing chaos. […] We’ve not done enough, and this has got to be the moment of reckoning where we say not just what are we here for, but who are we here for?”