Regulation

Bank of England spends £100,000 on staff diversity training

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says outlay ‘typifies what is going wrong in our financial services industry’

Threadneedle Street’s diversity drive has run up against lawmakers in recent months
Threadneedle Street’s diversity drive has run up against lawmakers in recent months Photo: Mike Kemp/Getty Images

The Bank of England has spent nearly £100,000 on diversity and inclusion training courses for its staff over the past three years.

The figures disclosed to Financial News under a Freedom of Information Act request come as Threadneedle Street continues to push for greater equality in the Square Mile, even as top politicians called on regulators to roll back on such plans in recent months.

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