MORE than £3.4m is being spent on diversity roles within the Ministry of Defence, new figures reveal.
An investigation by Talk found a staggering 62 full-time staff were employed by MoD civil servants and Britain’s armed forces by February 2024.
Salaries of full-time employees working on diversity and inclusion have increased by over 277% since 2019 when £900,000 was spent on wages, according to previous FOI requests.
The revelation comes as Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to increase defence spending.
Leading military voices have expressed their dismay at the MoD’s priorities and costs during the previous administration.
Rear Admiral Chris Parry, former Nato Commander said, “It's just expensive box-ticking and senior officers toadying to politicians. Furthermore, it doesn't contribute to frontline output in any way.”
Philip Ingram, Former Senior Military Intelligence Officer, said: “The MoD spends too much employing people at senior and woke levels to write amazing diversity and inclusiveness policies…
“Political correctness has become a disabling component of defence rather than something that adds to the people.
“Wokeness across the MoD is impacting operational capability and distracting from real issues, where some women are being abused and not gives equal opportunities no matter what senior officer say is happening”
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11 июл 2024
