Reform-led Durham County Council scraps diversity training

Variety training for councilors has been removed in a correction -leading council.

The Durham County Council said that on June 13, equality, diversity, inclusion and climate change modules were removed from the member induction and development program.

Leader Andrew Pati said in a full council meeting earlier this month that “there was no need for councilors to complete equality, diversity and inclusion training”.

Former Labor Councilor Rochel Lane said the move at the risk of “reducing years of progress”.

Correction gained political control of Durham County Council, selected after winning 63 out of 98 seats. Recent local election,

After the party’s national leader Nigel Faraj it comes that members will boycott the training because “All people should be treated equally”,

A teacher and former county councilor, Ms. Lane A question presented for the meeting on 16 July Asked how to refuse to participate in training will affect the ability of councilors to “legally informed and obedient decisions”.

The husband told the entire council meeting that EDI training for councilors was removed.

The local authority later stated that, in requesting, the leader asked the council monitoring officer what other arrangements could be to help the councilors in the discharge of public sector equality.

Ms. Lan said that she believes that reform was “re -starting caste racism, genderism and discrimination, which refused to participate in training -promoting training”.

He said that the party was “pushing a rhetoric which is dangerous and divisive”.

Deputy Leader and Reform Councilor Darren Grims said the claims were baseless.

Mr. Grims said: “I removed the module on unconscious prejudice as it is specificly racist, paying the idea that people are naturally prejudiced on the basis of the race.

“Our improvement Caucus, many of us descendants, have no time for this divisive perception of privilege, such as the unmatched characteristics such as skin color,” he said.