Woke madness with ‘astonishing’ 50m wasted on six-figure diversity roles in three years | Politics | News [Video]

More than £50million in taxpayers’ cash has been “wasted” on woke jobs since 2021, a new analysis has revealed.

And one Tory MP has branded the situation “ridiculous” – suggesting the large amount of cash spent on so-called Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) roles actually puts up barriers, rather than tearing them down.

The TPA figures suggest £52million has been spent by local authorities, with the figure rocketing up to £23million in 2022/23 compared to £12million in 2020/21.

The investigation comes after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt called on councils to ditch diversity schemes as part of plans to clamp down on wasteful spending which has seen several councils on the verge of bankruptcy.

The TPA investigation reveals that almost 200 councils in the UK have spent money on EDI roles since 2020.

For example, in 2022, cash-strapped Labour-run Birmingham City Council, which is committed to increasing council tax by 21 percent in the next two …