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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Gardner

Reform MP calls for FA coaching diversity target to be scrapped: ‘Utter woke nonsense’

The Football Association's ambition to have at least 25 per cent of England men's coaching staff from a non-white background by 2028 has been branded "utter woke nonsense" by Reform MP Suella Braverman.

Ms Braverman, who recently defected from the Conservatives, has formally written to FA chief executive Mark Bullingham, demanding the governing body scrap the target.

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