by Cameron Henderson, Telegraph
Dame Antonia Romeo’s ‘woke demands’ formed part of career objectives for civil servants
Dame Antonia Romeo told a civil servant to join a “gender non-conforming book club” as part of their performance review.
The new Cabinet Secretary set out plans for the former staff member to spend one day a week on inclusivity programmes when she was head of the Department for International Trade (DIT) from 2017 to 2021.
These included helping to raise “awareness and visibility of non-binary identities” and attending the book club, according to documents reviewed by The Telegraph.
The employee was told to spend up to 20 per cent of their time fulfilling inclusivity goals such as encouraging colleagues to display their preferred pronouns and “recruiting non-binary staff”.
Sir Keir Starmer elevated Dame Antonia to the post of Cabinet Secretary on Thursday, despite a briefing war erupting against her over historic claims of bullying and misuse of public money.