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White British students not allowed to apply for security services internship

Decision described as ‘blatant discrimination’ and ‘racist’ as MI5, MI6 and GCHQ try to increase diversity among their ranks

He said that the RAF had made a similar mistake when pursuing a recruitment policy which led to accusations that it had discriminated against white men in its effort to meet “aspirational diversity targets”. The Ministry of Defence subsequently admitted that “despite the best of intentions, some mistakes were made” in its approach, after reports of a recruitment drive which appeared to favour women and ethnic minority candidates. According to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), employers are allowed to take “positive action” by encouraging certain groups to apply for jobs to “address disadvantage or underrepresentation”.

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