Grant Shapps was 'ready to go to battle' over guidance that reportedly vows to 'challenge SC [security clearance] requirements' to increase diversity and inclusion in the British Army.
The defence secretary is said to be 'furious' after it was reported that the Army wants to relax security clearance vetting for overseas recruits to boost diversity and inclusion. The UK's Armed Forces are looking overseas to boost ethnic minority representation because they have consistently failed to hit recruitment targets, according to The Sunday Telegraph.
' Click to subscribe to the Sky News Daily wherever you get your podcasts An MoD source told the paper: 'There are personnel issues that need addressing in the armed services but some of these policies are about a woke agenda and extreme critical race theories. 'These are leftist ideas that have leaked into the civil service and they are at best a distraction and at worst poisoning the wider discussion.
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