Tom Watson says gender gap among top civil servants sends out incorrect message to women in Whitehall and wider workforce
David Cameron has overseen a shameful fall in the number of female Whitehall chiefs since taking more control over hiring at the top of the civil service,Tom Watson, Labour’s deputy leader, and has said.
Labour’s moment most senior politician warned that it sent the incorrect signal to aspiring civil servants that 85% of permanent secretaries are now white men. Labour analysis has found that just three permanent secretaries out of 16 are women and none is from an ethnic minority.
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Source: theguardian.com