Suella Braverman, a senior Reform UK MP, says councils run by her party will scrap what she describes as “woke” diversity and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) schemes. She frames the approach as returning to “meritocracy” and describes Reform-run town halls as examples meant to reverse such programmes.
The outlet reporting the comments presents them as part of Reform UK’s local government platform, positioning the policy as a shift away from EDI-focused initiatives. Other details of the proposal—such as which specific programmes would be discontinued, how funding might be handled, or how the plans would be implemented—are not specified in the provided reporting. The account also characterizes Braverman’s stance as opposing “EDI nonsense,” reflecting a critical framing of the subject.
Overall, the common thread across the reporting is Braverman’s pledge that Reform-controlled councils would change or remove diversity- and inclusion-related schemes, with the intended replacement described in broad terms as merit-based decision-making.
