Get our daily email briefing straight to your inbox Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailWhite applicants are nearly ­fifteen times more likely than black candidates to land a prized job with the civil service. Recruitment data shows that for every 1,000 black candidates who applied for a Whitehall job just three were given a place. The figures, from the last intake for the Civil Service Fast Stream in 2018, show 3,971 black applicants. The number of successful black candidates of Caribbean or other black heritage was so low it was not recorded. People in the Fast Stream are accelerated through the ranks to hold positions such as senior diplomats.

Source: Daily Mirror July 05, 2020 20:40 UTC