Reform wants to cut council diversity roles. The problem is there are already barely any | Reform UK
By: Peter Walker Senior political correspondent | Published: 2025-07-13 06:00:00 | Source: www.theguardian.com
Councils run by Reform UK have an average of fewer than 0.5 diversity and equality roles each, it has emerged, calling into question the party’s stated aim to save significant sums of money by cutting such jobs.
According to freedom of information requests, across the 10 Reform-run English councils there was a combined 4.56 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs connected to equality and diversity, not including roles required by law such as those for inclusion in education, including for pupils with disabilities.
Even using an assumed average full-time salary of £50,000, cutting all the roles would save the Reform-run councils slightly less than 0.003% of their combined budget.
Reform won more than 670 seats in May’s local elections across England, taking control of 10 councils….
