The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted that “some mistakes were made”, after reports of a recruitment drive which favoured women and ethnic minorities. In August, claims emerged that the head of ...

A senior MP has accused the former RAF chief air marshal of lying over allegations he had pushed through an illegal recruitment policy for the service. Alicia Kearns, the former chair of the Commons ...

The RAF's head of recruitment refused to follow an order to prioritise women and ethnic minority candidates over white men because she believed it was "unlawful", defence sources have claimed and a ...

The RAF's top personnel officer has confirmed she did ask her recruitment team to "stop filling up the training courses" with new recruits temporarily after diversity targets were not being hit. The ...

The Royal Air Force unfairly disadvantaged applicants seeking to become pilots in a bid to boost female and ethnic minority ratios in the organisation. A Freedom of Information investigation by Sky ...

Sorry, this video isn't available any more. The RAF instructed staff to stop hiring ‘useless white male pilots’ for training courses, according to a leaked email ...

An outgoing RAF chief has admitted the air force made mistakes in its diversity recruitment drive. Of the 1,500 pilots in the force at the end of last year, just 40 were women and 10 were from ethnic ...

The RAF has labelled the 'fine city' of Norfolk as a town, leaving its folk a bit miffed. In an advertising campaign for a recruitment drive the RAF has dubbed Norwich a town -a blunder which has ...

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