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Grant Shapps is ordering a review of diversity and inclusion policy at the Ministry of Defence following reports that the Army wants to relax security checks for overseas recruits to boost ethnic minority representation. The Defence Secretary said there will be no “lowering of security clearance requirements on my watch” after the Sunday Telegraph reported it had seen a British Army document vowing to “challenge” security checks to increase diversity. The newspaper said the armed forces are looking overseas to attract ethnic minority talent because they have long failed to hit recruitment targets. Mr Shapps is said to be “genuinely furious about this woke nonsense” and does not believe such policies are the way to address the military’s recruitment crisis. He also said that a “woke culture has seeped into public life and it is poisoning common sense discourse”, writing in The Express: “I am in a position to challenge this philosophy and I will.” Kevin O'Sullivan and Alex Phillips are joined by former British Army Captain Dr Patrick Bury and commentator James Price to discuss. Click here for more from TalkTV If you need any help visit:
