UK Announces Review of ‘Extremist’ Diversity and Inclusion Programmes in Military

 

The United Kingdom will conduct a “root and branch” review of the “extremist culture” of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies that have crept into the nation’s armed forces amid the growing threat of war and fledgling recruiting numbers, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has announced.  Listen To Story

 

Following a report that the British Army was planning on lowering standards for security checks to boost diversity in its ranks by increasing overseas recruitment, Grant Shapps spoke with senior military leadership to express his concerns over the “woke” agenda being pushed within his own department and announced a full-scale review of DEI policies within the Armed Forces.

 

The Defence Secretary said: “Time and resources are being squandered to promote a political agenda which is pitting individuals against each other, when what we need is a common set of values which delivers the military we need to defend us and our allies.

 

“This extremist culture has crept in over years and it is time for a proper shake-up, designed to refocus the military on its core mission – being a lethal fighting force. I am therefore commissioning a root-and-branch review of ethnicity, diversity and inclusivity policies in Defence. It is time for common sense instead of divisiveness.”

 

The announcement of the review came in the wake of a report from the Sunday Telegraph that revealed that the Army was developing plans to lower standards for security clearances, which typically require an individual to have been a UK resident for at least five years.

 

The Army had reportedly decried how this standard was “prohibitive to overseas recruits” and therefore stood in the way of its goal of boosting diversity among its officers.

 

It’s time for common sense not divisiveness.

That’s why I’m commissioning a root and branch review of ethnicity, diversity and inclusivity policies across defence. pic.twitter.com/0biPwTrO5Z

— Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) February 11, 2024

 

 

 

 

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