Equalities watchdog quits Stonewall’s pro-LGBT scheme
3 days ago
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has quit as a member of Stonewall’s ‘Diversity Champions’ programme, it has been revealed.
Responding to an open letter by women’s rights campaigners in May, calling on the watchdog to end its “inappropriate relationship of obedience and submission” with Stonewall, the EHRC said that its membership had expired in March.
Around 250 public bodies pay upwards of £2,500 plus VAT to subscribe to the lobby group’s programme, which rewards employers for promoting LGBT ideology inside and outside of the workplace.
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