Unionists renew call over police trainees quota

The UK government faced fresh unionist demands today to scrap a police recruitment quota in Northern Ireland which requires an equal number of Catholic and Protestant trainees.

Unionists renew call over police trainees quota

The UK government faced fresh unionist demands today to scrap a police recruitment quota in Northern Ireland which requires an equal number of Catholic and Protestant trainees.

Ulster Unionist MP Lady Sylvia Hermon told Northern Ireland Office Minister Jane Kennedy the 50:50 quota was discriminatory and had had a negative impact on Protestant attitudes to policing and equality.

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