Jeremy Fleming’s remarks follow revelation that ethnic minorities were excluded until 1980s

The head of GCHQ has conceded that the British spy agency is “not nearly diverse enough” and admitted it urgently needs more black and ethnic minority recruits to better reflect the country as a whole.

Jeremy Fleming told a security conference on Wednesday that GCHQ required “a different set of minds”, in remarks that came a few days after an official history of the signals intelligence agency revealed it enforced a colour bar from the 1950s to the 1980s.

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