White men trying to join the RAF were branded 'useless' by recruitment officers in leaked emails set to renew row over diversity quotas

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'White men trying to join the RAF were branded 'useless' by recruitment officers, leaked emails have revealed.

The emails, which are set to renew a row over diversity quotas, were sent by a squadron leader in the air force's recruitment division in January 2021.

They expose the pressure that officers appeared to be under to filter out white male recruits and fast-track women and ethnic minorities.

The RAF is also reportedly paying £5,000 each to 31 white men who it found had been unfairly disadvantaged by its recruitment policy.

And some selection boards were cancelled if they did not include women or ethnic minorities, according to the leaked messages.'