RAF Chief Sir Mike Wigston has admitted to mistakes and failings after it was claimed that the former head of recruitment had identified 'around 160 cases' of discrimination against white men
The RAF's head of recruitment quit last year because she refused to implement what she deemed to be an "unlawful order" to favour women and ethnic minoritiesThe head of the Royal Air Force admitted to mistakes and failings after it was claimed that the former head of recruitment had identified"around 160 cases" of discrimination against white men.
"That put intolerable stress on them and that was a failing of the organisation - where an aspirational goal becomes an individual's target," he said.
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