- Dame Andrea Jenkyns, the new Reform mayor of Lincolnshire, pledged to eliminate diversity officers as part of a cost-cutting initiative.
- However, it has been revealed that Lincolnshire County Council does not employ any diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) officers.
- Dame Andrea clarified that North Lincolnshire Council, another council under her authority, does employ such officers, referred to as "outreach officers".
- She also stated that Lincolnshire County Council has spent money on DEI training, which she aims to reduce.
- Critics, including the Tories and union officials, have questioned Jenkyns's unfamiliarity with local government and raised concerns about Reform's plans to dismiss DEI and net-zero officers in other councils.
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