Young black Britons seeking to join fast stream had success rate of one in 137 compared with one in 44 for white counterparts
White applicants to the government’s elite graduate scheme are three times more likely to win a place than their black counterparts, new analysis shows.
A record number of graduates applied to join the UK government’s civil service fast stream between 2019 and 2021, with more than 160,800 external applicants for just 3,290 places, a success rate of just under 1 in 50.
