Under-represented groups encouraged to nominate more for top honours
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Under-represented groups have been encouraged to nominate people from their communities for top honours to ensure a more diverse list. The Queen’s Birthday Honours list has 13.3% of recipients from an ethnic minority background, down from a record 15.0% last year, with fewer also from LGBTQ+ communities. She added: “I would like to see more nominees from minority ethnic communities put forward at the higher levels and the same goes for women, we’ve been working on that. I’ve been involved for a number of years now and we’ve been working really, really hard on diversity in all its aspects.” It was said that the primary issue is not selection but nominations being made, with “far more” men being put forward than women and a disparity in ethnic background.
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