Fury as woke civil service trainers launch 20 different diversity courses, paid for by YOU

WOKE civil service trainers have been fired after launching 20 different diversity courses.

The Cabinet Office training – created with taxpayers’ money – includes ‘Cultivating your cultural intelligence’ and ‘Creating inclusive virtual teams’.

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But many of the non-required courses sound almost identical.

They are available via an intranet system and were part of a three-year plan to provide staff with a “consistent training offering” across departments.

The courses are despite a strive to cut back on “woke” jobs in Whitehall.

Last May, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt commissioned a study on diversity spending in Westminster and in October’s autumn statement he said he would focus on inclusive civil service jobs.

Senior Tory MP Nigel Mills said: “Creating 20 marginally different courses that essentially achieve the same thing is a huge waste of time and money. There needs to be more restraint.”

A source said: “Some of these courses are beneficial to staff, and others are legally required under the Equality Act.”

A government spokesperson said: “We offer a range of learning and development opportunities to give employees the skills they need. All courses should be assessed on value for money.

At the end of last year it was promised that the policy would wake up and useless government spending would be eradicated under a new plan launched by the “Minister of Sanity”.

Esther McVey said she would prevent taxpayer money from being wasted on diversity programs, which are costly quangos while families are forced to tighten their belts.

The top Tory wrote in the Daily Mail: “I am often frustrated when I hear how our fine public institutions are being hamstrung by unnecessary working practices, or public money used in wasteful ways.

“I believe one of the government’s New Year’s resolutions should be to ensure that all parts of the public sector embrace common sense rather than political correctness.

Mrs. McVey56, added that she would examine government spending “to help root out waste and unnecessary bureaucracy” – adding: “The public is crying out for common sense decisions in the public sector.”

She will also encourage more Brits from outside London to register for the summit Civil Service jobs.